Iceberg detection in open water by altimeter waveform analysis.

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Tournadre, Jean, Whitmer, Kirk, Girard-Ardhuin, Fanny
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'Océanographie Spatiale (LOS), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), Laboratoire de physique des océans (LPO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2008
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; West Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00406208; https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004587

International audience Small icebergs (edge lengths <1 km) are difficult to detect and track. In a recently published study, it was demonstrated that small targets (ships, islets,.) emerging from the sea can be detected by the analysis of high-rate altimeter waveforms. The analysis of Jason altim...