Investigation of the Properties of Radar Backscatter from Sea Ice

Abstract

Measurements of the radar backscatter from sea ice have been made during the years 1985-1988 using specialized radar scatterometers developed for the purpose. Most of the experiments during this period have involved artificial sea ice grown at CRREL, but measurements also were made during LIMEX in the Labrador Sea during March, 1989. Much of the work involved use of a very fine resolution scatterometer to determine the sources of scattering from the ice and its overlying snow cover. Considerable insight into the mechanisms of scattering of radar signals from sea ice has resulted. Recently we have developed a polarimetric scatterometer capable of measuring the full scattering matrix, and this was used in two seasons of work.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA212808

Entities

People

  • R. K. Moore

Organizations

  • University of Kansas

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Backscattering
  • Contracts
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Ice
  • Labrador Sea
  • Marginal Ice Zones
  • Measurement
  • Microwaves
  • Military Research
  • Radar
  • Radar Signals
  • Remote Sensing
  • Scattering
  • Scatterometers
  • Sea Ice
  • Snow Cover

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Polar and Arctic Studies