... numerical format. EO SAR CLASSIFICATION Even if high information content is obtained by SAR data alone, additional information (ground truth data, oceanographic models, aerial reconnaissance) improve the accuracy of operationally available ice charting products. Based on SAR data, estimation of thickness...

...) are determined. There is a good agreement between the SAR-estimated HE center location and the best track data from the National Hurricane Center. The wind speeds at 10 m above the ocean surface are also retrieved from the SAR data using the geophysical model function (GMF), CMOD5, and compared with in situ...

...-pixel scale parameters (e.g. brine volume and brine pockets geometry) are difficult to retrieve from single channel SAR data. The intermediate scale parameters (e.g. ridges and floe definition) can be identified when the incidence angle of the radar beam is relatively large. The mesoscale parameters...

.... The objective of the joint project is to make SAR data from ERS and ENVISAT available for Russian users of ice data on an operational basis. The project also includes a plan for a SAR receiving station in Siberia. The Northern Sea Route is the sailing route along the coast north of Russia from the Barents Sea...