Updated 2000-06-30
To derive sea ice motion and estimate ice thickness using RADARSAT SAR imagery.
This is not a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project
Time frame
- Status
- Ongoing
- Project time span
- 1995 -
- Data collection
- 1996 - 2000
- Data processing
- 1998 - 2003
- Data reporting
- 1998 - 2003
Data availability
- Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?
- no
- If no (or only part of data are reported to a TDC), where and how are (other) data stored?
- The data will be archived at the Alaska SAR Facility and will be available for use in assessments
- References to key publications (or planned publications) and data reports
- Kwok, R., G. F. Cunningham, N. LaBelle-Hamer, B. Holt, and D. A. Rothrock, Sea ice thickness from high-resolution SAR imagery, Eos, Trans. AGU, 80(42), 495-497,1999.
Kwok, R., D. A. Rothrock, H. L. Stern and G. F. Cunningham, Determination of Ice Age using Lagrangian Observations of Ice Motion, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 392-400, 1995.
- Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?
- No
Methods & Procedures
Not specified
Additional Information
- Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?
- No
- Other institutes involved in the project
Alaska SAR Facility