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9780471554943

Remote Sensing of Sea Ice and Icebergs

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  • ISBN13:

    9780471554943

  • ISBN10:

    0471554944

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1994-10-28
  • Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

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Summary

Describes the latest remote sensing technologies used to detect ice hazards in the marine environment; map surface currents, sea-state and surface winds; study ice dynamics, over ice transportation, oil spill countermeasures, climate changes and ice reconnaisance. Includes such technologies as acoustic sensing, ice-thickness measurement, passive microwave remote sensing, ground wave and surface-based radars.

Author Biography

SIMON HAYKIN, PhD, is University Professor and Director of the Adaptive Systems Laboratory at McMaster University.

Table of Contents

Properties of Snow and Ice (E. Lewis, et al.).
Acoustic and Seismic Sensing Techniques (D. Farmer & Y. Xie).
Ice-Thickness Measurement (J. Rossiter & J. Holladay).
Passive Microwave Systems (I. Rubinstein, et al.).
Active Microwave Systems (R. Raney).
Over-the-Horizon Radar (S. Srivastava & J. Walsh).
Surface-Based Radar: Noncoherent (E. Lewis, et al.).
Surface-Based Radar: Coherent (S. Haykin, et al.).
Operational Airborne Radars (R. Lowry).
Synthetic Aperture Radar Images of Sea Ice (C. Livingstone).
RADARSAT and Operational Ice Information (R. Raney & J. Falkingham).
Supplementary Topics and Future Diretions (S. Haykin & R. Raney).
Index.

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