Detection of features in first-year pack ice by synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1223-1249

  Melling, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; FEATURE EXTRACTION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SEA ICE; SONAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EUROPEAN REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE; TOPOGRAPHY;

RADAR IMAGING;

ERS-1; PACK ICE; RADAR; SAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 0032053331     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698215702     Document Type: Article

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