Inversion of Reflection and Scattering Data to Measure Sea Ice Thickness

Abstract

The goals of this work are to develop and implement stable, mathematically sound methods to invert data on backscattering and reflection from sea ice at microwave frequencies to yield estimates of geophysically significant quantities such as thickness, the profile of brine volume vs. depth in the ice, and snow properties. By stable methods, we mean methods that are robust in the presence of noise and experimental uncertainties.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA627516

Entities

People

  • Dale P. Winebrenner
  • John Sylvester

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Earth Sciences
  • Elastic Waves
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Ice
  • Inversion
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Reflection
  • Remote Sensing
  • Scattering
  • Sea Ice
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Polar and Arctic Studies