Advancement in Bedfast Lake ICE Mapping From Sentinel-1 Sar Data

Claude R. Duguay, Junqian Wang


Abstract
Algorithms for the generation of a bedfast/floating lake ice product from Sentinel-1A/B synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data were implemented, cross-compared, and validated for various permafrost regions (Alaska, Canada and Russia). The algorithms consisted of: 1) thresholding; 2) Iteration Region Growing with Semantics (IRGS); and 3) K-means. The thresholding algorithm (92.4%) was found to perform slightly better on average than the IRGS algorithm (90.1%), and to outperform K-means (85.3%). The thresholding algorithm was therefore selected for implementation of a processing chain to generate a novel bedfast/floating lake ice product. Using a time series of Sentinel-1 SAR data, the new map product shows the day of year (DOY) when the ice becomes bedfast or remains afloat for individual lake sections.
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Claude R. Duguay and Junqian Wang. 2019. Advancement in Bedfast Lake ICE Mapping From Sentinel-1 Sar Data. IGARSS 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium.
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