Estimation of Thin Ice Thickness and Detection of Fast Ice from SSM/I Data in the Antarctic Ocean From: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology | Date: October 1, 2007| Author: Tamura, Takeshi; Ohshima, Kay I; Markus, Thorsten; Cavalieri, Donald J; Nihashi, Sohey; Hirasawa, Naohiko | Copyright American Meteorological Society Oct 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Antarctic coastal polynyas are important areas of high sea ice production and dense water formation, and thus their detection including an estimate of thin ice thickness is essential. In this paper, the authors propose an algorithm that estimates thin ice thickness and detects fast ice using Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) data in the Antarctic Ocean. Detection and estimation of sea ice thicknesses of <0.2 m are based ...