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A high temporal resolution data set of ERS scatterometer radar backscatter for research in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Yongwei Sheng ,
Laurence C. Smith ,
Karen E. Frey  and
Douglas E. Alsdorf
Yongwei Sheng
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, 1255 Bunche Hall, Box 951524, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1524, USA
Laurence C. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, 1255 Bunche Hall, Box 951524, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1524, USA
Karen E. Frey
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, 1255 Bunche Hall, Box 951524, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1524, USA
Douglas E. Alsdorf
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, 1255 Bunche Hall, Box 951524, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1524, USA
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Abstract

Radar backscatter in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions is temporally dynamic and reflects changes in sea ice, glacier facies, soil thaw state, vegetation cover, and moisture content. Wind scatterometers on the ERS-1 and ERS-2 satellites have amassed a global archive of C-band radar backscatter data since 1991. This paper derives three high temporal resolution data products from this archive that are designed to facilitate scatterometer research in high-latitude environments. Radar backscatter data have a grid spacing of 25 km and are mapped northwards from 60°N latitude over intervals of one, three, and seven days for the period 1991–2000. Data are corrected to a normalized incident angle of 40°. Animations and full-resolution data products are freely available for scientific use at http://merced.gis.ucla.edu/scatterometer/index.htm.

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Polar Record , Volume 38 , Issue 205 , April 2002 , pp. 115 - 120
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2002

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