Analysis of multi-dimensional SAR for determining the thickness of thin sea ice in the Bohai Sea

Xi Zhang; Jie Zhang; Junmin Meng; Tengfei Su

doi:10.1007/s00343-013-2057-7

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Analysis of multi-dimensional SAR for determining the thickness of thin sea ice in the Bohai Sea

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- Analysis of multi-dimensional SAR for determining the thickness of thin sea ice in the Bohai Sea
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 31, Issue 3, Pages: 681-698(2013)
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  The First Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-013-2057-7
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  Published：2013
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Zhang, X., Zhang, J., Meng, J. et al. Analysis of multi-dimensional SAR for determining the thickness of thin sea ice in the Bohai Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 31, 681–698 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-013-2057-7
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Zhang, X., Zhang, J., Meng, J. et al. Analysis of multi-dimensional SAR for determining the thickness of thin sea ice in the Bohai Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 31, 681–698 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-013-2057-7 DOI：

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Abstract

Flat thin ice (<30 cm thick) is a common ice type in the Bohai Sea

China. Ice thickness detection is important to offshore exploration and marine transport in winter. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can be used to acquire sea ice data in all weather conditions

and it is a useful tool for monitoring sea ice conditions. In this paper

we combine a multi-layered sea ice electromagnetic (EM) scattering model with a sea ice thermodynamic model to assess the determination of the thickness of flat thin ice in the Bohai Sea using SAR at different frequencies

polarization

and incidence angles. Our modeling studies suggest that co-polarization backscattering coefficients and the co-polarized ratio can be used to retrieve the thickness of flat thin ice from C- and X-band SAR

while the co-polarized correlation coefficient can be used to retrieve flat thin ice thickness from L-

C-

and X-band SAR. Importantly

small or moderate incidence angles should be chosen to avoid the effect of speckle noise.

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