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This
ERS-1 SAR image of 5 March 1992 is one of a series of images obtained in the western
Barents Sea where the SIZEX 92 experiment was carried out in the winter of 1992.
SIZEX 92 was a sea ice validation experiment for ERS-1 SAR, where in situ observations
of different ice types were made using an icestrengthened vessel (R/V "Polarsyssel"),
helicopter and aircraft.The image, which is from the area northeast of Hopen (see this map), shows all the most important ice types found in the Barents Sea during winter time, such as multiyear ice, consolidated firstyear ice, broken-up firstyear ice in the marginal ice zone, refrozen leads, pancake ice and grease ice. Also numerous small icebergs of horizontal scale 100 m were observed in the area, some of which were also identified in the SAR-images.
Legend:
[A] large multi-year floes
[B] broken up first-year ice
[C] ice edge
[D] pancake ice and grease ice
[E] open water
NERSC, Bergen, Norway
Keywords: ESA European Space Agency - Agence spatiale europeenne, observation de la terre, earth observation, satellite remote sensing, teledetection, geophysique, altimetrie, radar, chimique atmospherique, geophysics, altimetry, radar, atmospheric chemistry