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ESA AO for ALOS ADEN #3723
Svalbard Iceberg Tracking Using PALSAR (SIT-UP)
PI: Prof. Peter Wadhams (DAMTP)
Project Scientist: Nick Hughes
Using target recognition techniques developed for the detection of specific objects in a textured background (e.g. mines on the seabed) we have developed a method for detecting and identifying icebergs embedded in sea ice. We plan to:
(a) improve this algorithm for use with PALSAR data,
(b) apply it to the iceberg-producing glaciers of Svalbard in order to assess the contribution of calving icebergs to mass balance and climate change-induced effects.
Funds for this work come from our participation as a partner in the DAMOCLES project of EU FP6.