Observation of sea-ice dynamics using synthetic aperture radar images: Automated analysis

• Main Authors: Vesecky, John F., Samadani, Ramin, Smith, Martha P., Daida, Jason M., Bracewell, Ronald N.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: 48; Pyramid; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19880037707

The European Space Agency's ERS-1 satellite, as well as others planned to follow, is expected to carry synthetic-aperture radars (SARs) over the polar regions beginning in 1989. A key component in utilization of these SAR data is an automated scheme for extracting the sea-ice velocity field fro...