Comparison of Three Methods for Distinguishing Glacier Zones Using Satellite SAR Data

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Barbara Barzycka, Mariusz Grabiec, Jacek Jania, Małgorzata Błaszczyk, Finnur Pálsson, Michał Laska, Dariusz Ignatiuk, Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: glacier facies; polarimetry; PolSAR; sigma0; Pauli; H/alpha Wishart; ground penetrating radar; Hornsund; Langjökull; Svalbard; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15030690

Changes in glacier zones (e.g., firn, superimposed ice, ice) are good indicators of glacier response to climate change. There are few studies of glacier zone detection by SAR that are focused on more than one ice body and validated by terrestrial data. This study is unique in terms of the dataset co...