Iceberg signatures and detection in SAR images in two test regions of the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 208, 2012, Pages 325-339

  Wesche, Christine ^a   Dierking, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; ENVISAT-1; ERS-2; ICEBERG; PIXEL; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84862300392     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012J0G11J020     Document Type: Article

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