Potential of RADARSAT-1 for the monitoring of river ice: Results of a case study on the Athabasca River at Fort McMurray, Canada

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 238-248

  Unterschultz, K D ^a   van der Sanden, J ^b   Hicks, F E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ice jams; River ice; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RIVERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVERS; CASE STUDIES; ICE JAMS; ICE THICKNESSES; IN-SITU; MONITORING TOOLS; OPEN WATERS; RADAR RETURNS; RADARSAT; RIVER ICE; SAR IMAGERIES; SATELLITE IMAGES; SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS; SPRING BREAK-UP;

ICE;

ICE THICKNESS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADARSAT; RIVER ICE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVER; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 57849097639     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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