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Microwave Radiation Characteristics of Glacial Ice Observed by AMSR-E

Microwave Radiation Characteristics of Glacial Ice Observed by AMSR-E. Hyangsun Han and Hoonyol Lee Kangwon National University, KOREA. Contents. Introduction Study Area and Data Method Radiation Characteristics of Glacial Ice Conclusion. Introduction. Glacial Ice

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Microwave Radiation Characteristics of Glacial Ice Observed by AMSR-E

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  1. Microwave Radiation Characteristics of Glacial Ice Observed by AMSR-E Hyangsun Han and Hoonyol Lee Kangwon National University, KOREA

  2. Contents Introduction Study Area and Data Method Radiation Characteristics of Glacial Ice Conclusion

  3. Introduction Glacial Ice Originated from fresh water (snow) Glaciers, Icebergs, Ice sheets, and Ice shelves Air bubbles are small enough to cause Rayleigh scattering Crystal size is very large because of slow recrystallization The GLACIAL ICE has different radiation characteristics from SEA ICE frozen from salty water Importance of glacial ice study Glacial ice changes coastal landform and environment of sea ice formation

  4. Introduction Passive Microwave Sensor widely used to study the polar ice - sea ice concentration, snow depth, ice extent, … high temporal resolution, low spatial resolution AMSR-E is a typical passive microwave sensor Objective of study Evaluation of accuracy of glacial ice on AMSR-E sea ice concentration in George V Coast, Southern Antarctica Analysis of microwave radiation characteristics of glacial ice

  5. Study Area George V Coast Southern Antarctica Radarsat-1 mosaic image of the Antarctic

  6. ASAR Data and AMSR-E NT2 SIC Data Two ENVISAT ASAR Images Wide Swath SLC/HH polarization 2006/04/20, 2006/04/26 AMSR-E L1 data products Brightness temperature, sea ice concentration 2006/04/20, 2006/04/26 100% Ice sheet masked in AMSR-E NT2 SIC Ice sheet 50% SIC ENVISAT ASAR image of the study area (2006/04/26, 100 km×100 km) AMSR-E sea ice concentration of the study area (2006/04/26, 100 km×100 km)

  7. Identification of Ice Type in ASAR Most sea surface was covered with ice Several icebergs A ice tongue Distinction between sea ice and ice shelf is difficult by only ASAR data Ice sheet Ice tongue Sea ice (new ice) Sea ice Icebergs ENVISAT ASAR image of the study area (2006/04/26, 100 km×100 km)

  8. MODIS Imagery 2006/02/19 2005/12/17 2006/04/29 2005/02/02 2004/03/08 2003/02/23 MODIS time-series images - A region of ice shelf is confirmed

  9. Comparing ASAR SIC with AMSR-E SIC 100% Ice sheet masked in AMSR-E NT2 SIC Ice sheet 50% SIC Ice shelf Ice shelf Sea ice Sea ice Sea ice Sea ice Icebergs Icebergs

  10. ASAR Ice Concentration • Masking inland in ASAR images using land mask product of AMSR-E • Classifying ice type into sea ice, icebergs, and ice shelf by supervised classification and digitizing • Overall accuracy: 97.4% and 94.4% in each ASAR image • Calculating ice concentration of sea ice, icebergs, and ice shelf • Comparing with AMSR-E sea ice concentration

  11. AMSR-E Sea Ice Algorithm AMSR-E 6.9, 10.7, 18.7, 23.8, 36.5, and 89.0 GHz dual polarized channels Daily sea ice concentration with 12.5 km spatial resolution by using NASA Team2 Algorithm NASA Team2 Algorithm Better spatial resolution and accuracy of sea ice concentration than NASA Team Algorithm Identifies Ice type A, B, C, and open water by data plotting in PR and GR domain (Cavalieri et al., 1997)

  12. Comparing ASAR SIC with AMSR-E SIC Difference between ASAR and AMSR-E SIC Sea ice: very small difference (RMSE 1.4%) Icebergs: AMSR-E NT2 SIC was underestimated (RMSE 29.5%) Ice shelf: AMSR-E NT2 SIC was underestimated (RMSE 23.3%) → analysis of microwave radiation characteristics of the glacial ice in PR and GR domain is needed

  13. PR(18)-GR(37V18V) Scattergram

  14. GR(89H18H)-GR(89V18V) Scattergram Ice type A-B line Open water 100% Ice type A 100% Ice type C 100% Ice type B

  15. Conclusions We evaluated AMSR-E NASA Team2 sea ice concentration in Antarctic glacial ice region AMSR-E NT2 algorithm is very accurate in sea ice region We found that AMSR-E NASA Team2 algorithm underestimates ice concentration in icebergs and ice shelf Glacial ice has higher PR(18), GR(37V18V), GR(89V18V), and GR(89H18H) than those of sea ice Microwave radiation characteristics of glacial ice are quite different from that of sea ice and open water

  16. Ongoing Study Analysis of radiation characteristics of microwave from glacial ice in various seasons and regions Improvement of the accuracy of AMSR-E NASA Team2 sea ice concentration by adding glacial ice concentration (GIC) GIC can be used for Improvement of land mask product from AMSR-E NASA Team2 algorithm Icebergs tracking Monitoring of coastal landform change by movement of glacial ice

  17. Thank You

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