IceSAR campaign provides glimpse of future Sentinel-1 images over ice

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An airborne radar sea-ice image taken over Storfjorden Svalbard on Friday 16 March 2007. The radar configuration used (C-Band VV and VH polarisations) is very similar to the future Sentinel-1 sensor. Different ice structures and floes are clearly vis ...
An airborne radar sea-ice image taken over Storfjorden, Svalbard on Friday 16 March 2007. The radar configuration used (C-Band VV and VH polarisations) is very similar to the future Sentinel-1 sensor. Different ice structures and floes are clearly visible in the radar image through texture and colour. Credits: ESA

It is perhaps fitting that at the beginning of the International Polar Year, an ambitious airborne campaign is now underway and realising excellent results in the extreme north of Europe in support of ESA's Sentinel-1 mission - which amongst other application areas will contribute to ice monitoring.


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