Preparation for the operational use of RADARSAT-2 for ice monitoring

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 415-423

  Ramsay, Bruce ^a   Flett, Dean ^a   Steen, Henrik Andersen ^b   Gill, Rashpal ^b   Nghiem, Son ^c   Bertoia, Cheryl ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SEA ICE;

ICEBERG DETECTION; MULTICHANNEL DATA; RADARSAT-2;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 4944243951     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m03-076     Document Type: Article

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