| Title | STSE SAR Ice Constellation - A backscatter simulation tool for evaluating constellations of satellites involving Sentinel-1 for ice charting |
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| Author | Power, D; Davidson, M; Walker, N; Williams, C; Ramsay, B; Partington, K; Barber, D; Arkett, M; De Abreu, R; Scipal, K |
| Source | IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium proceedings 6350606, 2012 p. 3269-3272, https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350606 |
| Year | 2012 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20181537 |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Subjects | geophysics; remote sensing |
| Program | Canada Centre for Remote Sensing Divsion |
| Released | 2012 07 01 |
| Abstract | The mapping and monitoring of sea ice regions represents a key application area for spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) missions. The European Space Agency (ESA) is under-taking the development of
Sentinel-1, an imaging radar mission at C-Band for the continuation of SAR operational applications. Monitoring sea ice zones and the arctic environment is one of the major application areas supported by Sentinel-1. Other spaceborne SAR missions are
being developed or considered by a number of space organizations. The study described herein focuses on evaluating the contribution of SAR constellations to operational and scientific monitoring of sea ice conditions through the analysis of
multi-parameter SAR datasets (airborne, spaceborne) and through the development and exploitation of a simulation tool able to predict sea ice radar signatures as a function of the ice type and condition and of sensor parameters. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 311892 |
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