Method for detection of leads from Sentinel-1 SAR images

The presence of leads with open water or thin ice is an important feature of the Arctic sea ice cover. Leads regulate the heat, gas and moisture fluxes between the ocean and atmosphere and are areas of high ice growth rates during periods of freezing conditions. Here, an algorithm providing an autom...

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Main Authors: Dmitrii Murashkin, Gunnar Spreen, Marcus Huntemann, Wolfgang Dierking
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2018-07-01
Series:Annals of Glaciology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S026030551800006X/type/journal_article