Satellite SAR remote sensing of Great Lakes ice cover, part 1. Ice backscatter signatures at C band

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 722-735

  Nghiem, Son V ^a   Leshkevich, George A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

C band polarimetric scatterometer; Classification; ERS 2; Great Lakes; Ice; RADARSAT; Remote sensing; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; LAKES; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CO-POLARIZED BACKSCATTERS; SHIP NAVIGATION;

ICE PROBLEMS;

BACKSCATTER; ENVISAT-1; ICE; ICE COVER; OPEN WATER; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WINTER;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; STRAITS OF MACKINAC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349065078     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[722:SSRSOG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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