An Analysis of the Reliability of Sea Ice Drift Products Calculated from Sar Data
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Sea ice drift can be derived from a sequence of SAR images using a multiscale motion tracking approach. We examine the reliability of the resulting ice velocity field with the help of image texture analysis and consistency checks. SAR images acquired at different polarizations show different features of sea ice, and we examine the suitability of likeand cross-polarized data for sea ice motion tracking.
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