Newly-formed sea ice distinction near the oil platform Prirazlomnaya in the Pechora Sea using polarimetric Radarsat-2 SAR observations
Conference: EUSAR 2021 - 13th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
03/29/2021 - 04/01/2021 at online
Proceedings: EUSAR 2021
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
Authors:
Ivonin, Dmitry V.; Ivanov, Andrey Yu. (Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Moscow, Russia)
Johansson, Malin; Brekke, Camilla (UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway)
Abstract:
A polarimetric approach developed to discriminate oil slicks and look-alikes was used to study the polarimetric properties of newly-formed ice (NFI) observed near the Prirazlomnaya oil platform. This approach is based on the multipolarization parameter called Resonant to Non-resonant signal Damping (RND), which is related to the ratio between the ice damping and the short wind waves and wave breakings. Fully-polarimetric Radarsat-2 images containing NFI were analyzed. The RND parameter indicates that in many cases the damping of the resonant and non-resonant electromagnetic signals in NFI is significantly different from oil slicks and that the RND parameter can distinguish them.