Data · dataset · 2026
RADARSAT SAR Sea Ice Deformation [H. Stern and Moritz, R.]
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
The Canadian RADARSAT satellite collected 195 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of the SHEBA site between November 1, 1997, and October 8, 1998 (roughly one image every 3-5 days).
Description
The C-band (5.3 GHz) RADARSAT SAR imaged a swath on the earth 460 km wide (in ScanSAR mode) with a pixel size of 50 m, unhampered by clouds or darkness. The satellite data were received and processed into imagery at the Alaska SAR Facility (ASF) in Fairbanks.
Sequential pairs of images were then processed by the RADARSAT Geophysical Processor System (RGPS) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena to derive the motion of the sea ice on a 5-km grid by tracking common features in each pair of images. Thus we have a year-long record of the spatial pattern of ice motion and the radar backscatter in the vicinity of the SHEBA site. Ice deformation (divergence, shear) and ice vorticity are computed from the RGPS ice motion products.
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This dataset contains 4 sea-ice deformation products containing divergence, shear, and vorticity values based on 4 square regions centered on the SHEBA station: 50 x 50 km, 100 x 100 km, 150 x 150 km, and 200 x 200 km. Additionally, there are 4 graphical products, one of each: divergence, shear, vorticity, and area.
Links
Get the data
- Resource Homepage doi.org/10.26023/de81-1ee0-660g ↗
download · DOI / persistent id · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/radarsat-sar-sea-ice-deformation-h-stern-and-moritz-r ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=c1e5e050-d57e-4326-9db8-82c2fb8fe… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Oceanography
- Inferred from text
- Image 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
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| National Center for Atmospheric Research | c1e5e050-d57e-4326-9db8-82c2fb8fec3c | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
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| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · data ucar edu | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| created_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /notes |
| publication_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 |