Detecting Surface Melt of Antarctic Ice-Sheets Using Scatterometers

The SeaWinds on QuikScat and ERS-1/2 scatterometers measure the radar response of the Earth’s surface with high spatial- and temporal-resolution. The data collected by these space-borne active-microwave sensors are used to detect periods of surface melting in the Antarctic iceshelves. A description...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kunz, Lukas B.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: DigitalCommons@USU 2004
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/spacegrant/2004/2004/36
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1227&context=spacegrant
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Summary:The SeaWinds on QuikScat and ERS-1/2 scatterometers measure the radar response of the Earth’s surface with high spatial- and temporal-resolution. The data collected by these space-borne active-microwave sensors are used to detect periods of surface melting in the Antarctic iceshelves. A description of a statistical melt-detection algorithm is given and the results are shown and compared to other melt-detection methods.

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