Polarimetric Radar Measurements of Artificial Sea Ice during CRRELEX '88

Abstract

During the winter of 1988, active microwave measurements were made of artificial sea ice. Radar backscatter data were collected at 1.8, 5, and 10 GHz for incidence angles 0 deg to 60 deg. Phase information was obtained for the complete determination of the scattering matrices of the various ice scenes. In addition, measurements were made for qualitatively characterizing the dominant scattering mechanisms by recording unprocessed backscatter returns. Polarimetric scattering data acquired at C- and X-band frequencies of two representative ice scenes, grey ice and rough grey ice, are provided here in the form of power scattering, covariance, and Mueller matrices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 04, 1990
Accession Number
ADA258763

Entities

People

  • Robert G. Onstott

Organizations

  • Environmental Research Institute of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Backscattering
  • C Band
  • Chemical Properties
  • Covariance
  • Cross Polarization
  • Frequency
  • Ice
  • Measurement
  • Physical Properties
  • Radar
  • Scattering
  • Sea Ice
  • Statistics
  • Surface Roughness
  • Water
  • X Band

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Radar Systems Engineering.