Monitoring of Arctic Conditions from a Virtual Constellation of Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellites

The long-term goal is to utilize a constellation of satellite radars to monitor the melting and freezing cycles of the Arctic Ocean north of 65o. Satellite data collections will support in-situ buoy clusters and ice camps as well as seagoing experiments with gliders and drifting buoys. From differen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Minnett, Peter J
Other Authors: MIAMI UNIV FL CENTER FOR SOUTHEASTERN TROPICAL ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment
Unmanned Spacecraft
*ARCTIC REGIONS
*ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
*SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR
BUOYS
CYCLES
FORECASTING
FREEZING
GLIDERS
MARGINAL ICE ZONES
MELTING
MODELS
MONITORING
SEA ICE
ARCTIC CONDITIONS
SAR(SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR)
SAR SATELLITES
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA617645
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Summary:The long-term goal is to utilize a constellation of satellite radars to monitor the melting and freezing cycles of the Arctic Ocean north of 65o. Satellite data collections will support in-situ buoy clusters and ice camps as well as seagoing experiments with gliders and drifting buoys. From difference maps of time series of images deduce changes in ice extent, ice-type, and lead expansion/contraction with temporal resolutions from hours to days. Ultimately provide a routine Arctic coverage and generate products for operational purposes, and as validation, boundary conditions, and initialization to numerical ice-ocean forecast models. Prepared in collaboration with the Department of Ocean Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL.

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