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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-401-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-401-2016
Research article
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17 Feb 2016
Research article |  | 17 Feb 2016

Late-summer sea ice segmentation with multi-polarisation SAR features in C and X band

Ane S. Fors, Camilla Brekke, Anthony P. Doulgeris, Torbjørn Eltoft, Angelika H. H. Renner, and Sebastian Gerland

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This paper demonstrates how sea ice segmentation using high-resolution multi-polarisation synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can be used to retrieve valuable information about sea ice type during late summer. It adds knowledge to how choice of SAR features influence the information gain and highlights the sea ice segmentation capability of both the C and X band in late summer. The study contributes to an increased understanding of sea ice mapping and monitoring with SAR in the melt season.