Accession Number:

AD1013720

Title:

FY 2015 Report: Developing Remote Sensing Capabilities for Meter-Scale Sea Ice Properties

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab Fort Wainwright United States

Personal Author(s):

• Polashenski,Chris

Report Date:

2015-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

The overarching goal of this work is to develop and validate remote sensing techniques to track sea ice physical properties of geophysical importance that occur below the pixel size of most global-coverage satellite assets, particularly melt ponds.

Descriptors:

• sea ice
• remote detection
• tracking
• arctic ocean
• physical properties
• MARINE GEOPHYSICS
• open water
• MELTING
• seasonal variations
• high resolution
• SATELLITE IMAGERY
• synthetic aperture radar
• BUOYS

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE