Sea Ice Studies in the Northern Sea Route by use of Synthetic Aperture Radar

• Main Author: Lundhaug, Maria
• Other Authors: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Fakultet for naturvitenskap og teknologi
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Fakultet for naturvitenskap og teknologi 2000
• Subjects: Arctic; Kara Sea; Laptev Sea; Taymyr; Ushakova; Vize; laptev; Northern Sea Route; Novaya Zemlya; Pechora; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/244518

The main objective of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of sea ice processes in the Northern Sea Route, mainly with use of remote sensing data from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). Multivariate data analysis is the main tool used in this work. SAR signatures of different sea ice types...