Articles | Volume 10, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1529-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1529-2016
Research article
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19 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 19 Jul 2016

Retrieval of the thickness of undeformed sea ice from simulated C-band compact polarimetric SAR images

Xi Zhang, Wolfgang Dierking, Jie Zhang, Junmin Meng, and Haitao Lang

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In this work, we introduced a parameter ("CP ratio") for the retrieval of the thickness of undeformed first-year sea ice that is specifically adapted to compact polarimetric SAR images. Based on a validation using other compact polarimetric SAR images from the Labrador Sea, we found a root mean square error of 8 cm and a maximum correlation coefficient of 0.94 for the retrieval procedure when applying it to level ice between 0.1 m and 0.8 m thick.