NASA, Navy, and AES/York sea ice concentration comparison of SSM/I algorithms with SAR derived values

Previous research studies have focused on producing algorithms for extracting geophysical information from passive microwave data regarding ice floe size, sea ice concentration, open water lead locations, and sea ice extent. These studies have resulted in four separate algorithms for extracting thes...

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Main Authors: Jentz, R. R., Wackerman, C. C., Shuchman, R. A., Onstott, R. G., Gloersen, Per, Cavalieri, Don, Ramseier, Rene, Rubinstein, Irene, Comiso, Joey, Hollinger, James
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Published: 1991
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Greenland
Beaufort Sea
Greenland Sea
Sea ice
Online Access:http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19920052554
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Summary:Previous research studies have focused on producing algorithms for extracting geophysical information from passive microwave data regarding ice floe size, sea ice concentration, open water lead locations, and sea ice extent. These studies have resulted in four separate algorithms for extracting these geophysical parameters. Sea ice concentration estimates generated from each of these algorithms (i.e., NASA/Team, NASA/Comiso, AES/York, and Navy) are compared to ice concentration estimates produced from coincident high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. The SAR concentration estimates are produced from data collected in both the Beaufort Sea and the Greenland Sea in March 1988 and March 1989, respectively. The SAR data are coincident to the passive microwave data generated by the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I).

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