Title
Variations Of Sea Ice Extent In The Caspian And Aral Seas Derived From Combination Of Active And Passive Satellite Microwave Data
Abstract
The paper discusses time and space variations of ice cover in the Caspian and Aral seas. We use the synergy of data from active (radar altimeter) and passive (radiometer) microwave instruments onboard the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite, as well as passive microwave data from SSMR and SSM/I sensors. The results indicate significant spatial and temporal variability of ice conditions, with a marked decrease of both duration of ice season and ice extent during winters 1998/992001/02. The satellite-derived time series of sea ice parameters are very valuable in view of the heterogeneous and mostly unpublished data on ice conditions over the Caspian and Aral seas since the mid-1980s.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294593
IGARSS 2003: IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM, VOLS I - VII, PROCEEDINGS: LEARNING FROM EARTH'S SHAPES AND SIZES
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
radiometry,radiometer,passive radar,spatial variability,seasonality,radar altimeter,time series,sea ice
Conference
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.51
0
8