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AssigneesNational Institute of Informantion and Communications Technology, Incorporated Administrative Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
InventorsTakeshi Matsuoka, Seiho Uratsuka, Makoto Satake, Tatsuharu Kobayashi, Akitsugu Nadai, Toshihiko Umehara, Hideo Maeno, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Yasushi Fukamachi, Fumihiko Nishio
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An ice thickness/drifting velocity observation of sea ice by using an ice thickness measurement sonar and a current meter moored into the sea and a sea ice observation by a high-resolution airborne SAR are synchronously performed, a correlation between a draft profile of sea ice passing over the sonar and an SAR backscattering coefficient profile is calculated, and an ice draft of desired sea ice is calculated from the relational expression and an SAR backscattering coefficient. As the SAR backscattering coefficient, a backscattering coefficient of L-band HV polarization may be used. A backscattering coefficient of X-band VV polarization is preferably used as the SAR backscattering coefficient to detect thin ice having a thickness of not more than approximately 10 cm.
A method for observing ice draft of desired sea ice comprising:
A computer program in a computer readable medium for observing ice draft of desired sea ice comprising:
A recording medium readable by a computer having stored thereon a computer program for observing ice draft of desired sea ice, comprising:
A system for observing ice draft of desired sea ice comprising:
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