INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SUMMER MELT ON THE CALCULATION OF SEA ICE CONCENTRATION USING ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MICROWAVE DATA

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CAVALIERI, DJ
BURNS, BA
ONSTOTT, RG
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[1] NASA, GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR, OCEANS LAB, GREENBELT, MD 20771 USA
[2] ENVIRONM RES INST MICHIGAN, RADAR SCI LAB, ANN ARBOR, MI 48107 USA
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10.1029/JC095iC04p05359
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P7 [海洋学];
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0707 ;
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Active and passive microwave data sets acquired during the 1984 Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) Experiment aircraft flights in the Fram Strait region are used to examine the effects of ice surface melt on microwave signatures and their resulting error in the calculation of sea ice concentration. Conditions examined with the active-passive data include ice floes with moist and dry snow cover and both heavily ponded and ridged surfaces. Coincident AMMR and SAR measurements of individual floes identified in aerial photography are used to describe the effects of surface melt on the calculation of sea ice concentration, and in particular, the response of the passive microwave polarization and spectral gradient characteristics to different stages of surface melt. -from Authors
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页码:5359 / 5369
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