Sea ice polarimetric backscatter signatures at C band

Presents C-band polarimetric backscatter signatures of sea ice measured during CRRELEX (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Experiment) from 1993 to 1995. Observed radar backscatter of sea ice is related to sea ice physical characteristics. Complex scattering models for sea ice are developed and used to interpret measured radar data with sea ice physical parameters. These results for sea ice at C-band are important for applications to remote sensing data acquired with many airborne and spaceborne C-band synthetic aperture radars.