Satellite-derived high-resolution sea-ice motion, 2007-2011 - Envisat Satellite Data

VV or HH polarization. 2. ASAR Global Monitoring Mode -- Spatial resolution of approximately 1000 m in azimuth by 1000 m in range for nominal product. Up to a full orbit of coverage.

HH or VV polarization. For further detail, see ESA's Copernicus web portal. Sea-ice motion is derived from suitable SAR image pairs with sufficient spatial overlap but relatively short time separation, i.e. ideally 6days or less.

Image-crosscorrelation analysis is employed to identify displacement vectors within the image pair. The underlying processing and analysis is part of the (mostly) automated IMCORR [IMageCORRelation] Processing, Analysis and Display System [IPADS]. This study uses C-band (HH polarisation) ASAR scenes, with an image pixel size of 75 m across a 405 km swath. -- For further information see Giles et al., Semi-automated feature-tracking of East Antarctic sea ice from Envisat ASAR imagery, Remote Sensing of Environment, 115, 2267-2276, 2011.

Acknowledgement: All Envisat ASAR data are courtesy of the European Space Agency, and were obtained under agreement with ESA. The International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland, is acknowledged for supporting this study via Projects 137 and 169.