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Sea ice classification of TerraSAR-X ScanSAR images for the MOSAiC expedition incorporating per-class incidence angle dependency of image texture
Department of Physics and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Polona Itkin
Department of Physics and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Suman Singha
Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Bremen, Germany
currently at: National Center for Climate Research (NCKF), Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), Copenhagen, Denmark
Anthony P. Doulgeris
Department of Physics and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Malin Johansson
Department of Physics and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Gunnar Spreen
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Short summary
Sea ice maps are produced to cover the MOSAiC Arctic expedition (2019–2020) and divide sea ice into scientifically meaningful classes. We use a high-resolution X-band synthetic aperture radar dataset and show how image brightness and texture systematically vary across the images. We use an algorithm that reliably corrects this effect and achieve good results, as evaluated by comparisons to ground observations and other studies. The sea ice maps are useful as a basis for future MOSAiC studies.
Sea ice maps are produced to cover the MOSAiC Arctic expedition (2019–2020) and divide sea ice...
