Characterization of Arctic Environment by Means of Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR) Data and Digital Elevation Models (DEM)

• Main Author: Ullmann, Tobias
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Mackenzie-River-Delta; Banks Islands; Radarfernerkundung; Topografie; Formmessung; Klassifikation; Relief <Geografie>; ddc:004; ddc:550; Arctic; Mackenzie Delta; Mackenzie River; Signalen; Voll; Wandel; Arktis; Arktis*; Banks Island; Mackenzie river; Tundra
• Online Access: https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11571; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-115719; https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/files/11571/Tobias_Ullmann_PolSAR_Arctic_Thesis.pdf

The ecosystem of the high northern latitudes is affected by the recently changing environmental conditions. The Arctic has undergone a significant climatic change over the last decades. The land coverage is changing and a phenological response to the warming is apparent. Remotely sensed data can ass...