New bayesian algorithm for sea ice detection with QuikSCAT

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 6 PART 1, 2011, Pages 1894-1901

  Belmonte Rivas, Maria ^a   Stoffelen, Ad ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; microwave radiometry; radar scattering; sea ice; spaceborne radar

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ALGORITHMS; BAYESIAN METHODS; DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; GEOPHYSICAL MODEL FUNCTION; HIGH RESOLUTION SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; ICE DETECTION; KU-BAND; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; MISCLASSIFICATIONS; OCEAN WINDS; OPTICAL IMAGERY; OTHER ALGORITHMS; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; PROBABILISTIC DISTANCE; QUIKSCAT; RADAR SCATTERING; SCATTEROMETERS; SEA ICE GROWTH; SEAWINDS; SPACEBORNE RADAR; SUMMER MONTHS;

ALGORITHMS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

SEAWATER;

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PIXEL; PROBABILITY; QUIKSCAT; SCATTERING; SCATTEROMETER; SEA ICE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 79957640857     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2101608     Document Type: Article

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