Modeling Backscatter from Oil-Contaminated Sea Ice using a Multi-layered Scattering Model

In this study, we performed a model-based analysis of scattering from oil-contaminated sea ice. Actual physical measurements of oil-contaminated sea ice were obtained from an experiment in 2017. We used a dielectric mixture model approach to create a multi-layered dielectric profile that represents the sea ice. For the first time, our multi-layered scattering model based on the small perturbation theory, was used to simulate scattering from oil-contaminated sea ice. Modeling results demonstrate that the method can be used for these conditions and show promise for further detailed model studies for detecting oil spills in a sea ice environment.