Articles | Volume 16, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4363-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4363-2022
Research article
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18 Oct 2022
Research article |  | 18 Oct 2022

Ice ridge density signatures in high-resolution SAR images

Mikko Lensu and Markku Similä

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Safewin 2011 airborne EM sea ice thickness measurements in the Baltic Sea. C. Haas, A. Casey, and M. Lensu https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930545

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Short summary
Ice ridges form a compressing ice cover. From above they appear as walls of up to few metres in height and extend even kilometres across the ice. Below they may reach tens of metres under the sea surface. Ridges need to be observed for the purposes of ice forecasting and ice information production. This relies mostly on ridging signatures discernible in radar satellite (SAR) images. New methods to quantify ridging from SAR have been developed and are shown to agree with field observations.