Glaciers of Franz Josef Land
 This
ERS-1 SAR image has been acquired on 28-3-1992, and shows some of the islands
of Franz Josef Land covered by glaciers which have bright SAR signature in winter
(see the location of the SAR images
).
The sea ice is the dark areas of the image, indicating level firstyear ice. In
the lower part of the image the greyish signatures are rough ice outside the archipelago
where the ice motion is more dynamic. This enlargement
covers about 25x25 km. It is a subimage of the full scene. It is an enlargement
of an area where icebergs are produced and can be recognized in the SAR image.
Many of the icebergs which drift away from Franz Josef Land are transported to
the area between Hopen and Bear Island.
Repeated SAR images over several years can be useful in the monitoring of iceberg
production.
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
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This
ERS-1 SAR image has been acquired on 28-3-1992, and shows some of the islands
of Franz Josef Land covered by glaciers which have bright SAR signature in winter
(see the location of the SAR images
).
