Ships as a sensor network to observe ice field properties

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-371

  Kotovirta, Ville ^a   Karvonen, Juha ^b   von Bock und Polach, Rüdiger ^c   Berglund, Robin ^a   Kujala, Pentti ^c  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Navigation; Radar methods; Remote sensors; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; COASTAL STATION; END-USERS; ICE CONDITIONS; ICE DRIFT; ICE FIELDS; PROCESSED IMAGES; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; RADAR IMAGE; REMOTE SENSORS; SHIP PERFORMANCE; TRAFFICABILITY;

GLACIERS; MARINE RADAR; NAVIGATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SENSOR NETWORKS; SHIPS;

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

ICE DRIFT; ICE FIELD; IMAGE PROCESSING; NAVIGATION; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; VESSEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 79251598461     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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