Heinrichs, JF, Cavalieri, DJ, Markus, T (2006). Assessment of the AMSR-E sea ice concentration product at the ice edge using RADARSAT-1 and MODIS imagery. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, 44(11), 3070-3080.

Abstract
Imagery from the C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) aboard RADARSAT-1 and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was used to evaluate the performance of the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSR-E) ice concentration product near the sea ice edge in the Bering Sea for four days during March 2003, which is concurrent with the AMSR-Ice03 field/aircraft campaign. The AMSR-E products were observed to perform very well in identifying open-water and pack-ice areas, although the AMSR-E products occasionally underestimate ice concentration in areas with thin ice. The position of the ice edge determined from AMSR-E data using a 15% concentration threshold was found to be, on average, within one AMSR-E grid square (12.5 km) of the ice edge determined from the SAR data, with the AMSR-E edge tending to be outside the SAR-derived edge.

DOI:
10.1109/TGRS.2006.880622

ISSN:
0196-2892