Mapping of ice in the Odden by satellite and airborne remote sensing

A detailed analysis of the ice conditions in the Odden area of the Greenlan d Sea was carried out using data from active and passive microwave sensors, supplemented by airborne data. The study focuses on the 1992-1993 winter s eason, the only winter during the period 1993-1995 in which an Odden featur e formed. The analysis is structured as a hierarchy of spatial resolutions where the overview is obtained by the DMSP SSM/I microwave radiometers havi ng spatial resolutions in the 15-50 km range. Further details in cloud-free situations are obtained by data from the NOAA advanced very high resolutio n radiometer, which is a scanner in the visible, near-infrared and thermal infrared range with a resolution of 1.1 km. The finest resolution of 25 m p er pixel is obtained from the synthetic aperture radar on the ERS-1 satelli te. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.