High resolution sea ice monitoring using space borne Synthetic Aperture Radar

• Main Author: Muckenhuber, Stefan
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2017
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400; Arctic; Hornsund; Svalbard; Isfjord*; Isfjorden; polar night; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/17036

Sea ice represents a major factor in the climate system and updated knowl- edge about sea ice conditions is important for shipping and offshore industry, local communities and others. Due to its remote location and strong variabil- ity in extent and motion, satellite observations are among the most...