Title
Study of iceberg B10A using scatterometer data
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2000
Publication Title
IEEE 2000 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Volume
3
First page number:
1340
Last page number:
1342
Abstract
The Antarctic continent continually releases glacial ice into the ocean in the form of icebergs calving from glaciers and ice shelves. Microwave scatterometers can provide useful information about the spatial and temporal behavior of large icebergs. In this paper, results from the observation of B10A during 1992-2000, using ERS-1/2 AMI Scatterometer (ESCAT), NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) and SeaWinds on QuikScat (QSCAT) data are presented. Multi-sensor analysis shows a general consistency of C-band σ0 measurements from ESCAT and Ku-band σ0 measurements from NSCAT and SeaWinds. Certain subtle differences are observed which reflect the frequency dependence of iceberg σ0 measurements.
Keywords
Antarctica; ERS-1/2 AMI Scatterometer (ESCAT); Iceberg calving; Icebergs; NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT); Remote sensing; SeaWinds on QuikScat (QSCAT)
Disciplines
Geographic Information Sciences | Glaciology | Oceanography
Language
English
Repository Citation
Stephen, H.,
Long, D. G.
(2000).
Study of iceberg B10A using scatterometer data.
IEEE 2000 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 3
1340-1342.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858112
Comments
Conference held: July 24-28, 2000, Honolulu, HI
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