During the MOSAiC expedition in 2019-2020, many different active and passive microwave instruments were mounted on an ice floe, drifting an entire year through the Arctic sea ice. The time series of instrument data accompanied with various in situ measurements, will allow to improve our understanding of the interaction of microwaves with snow and sea ice. Similar sensors operating at microwave frequencies are available at different satellites allowing for a comparison. In particular, many high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) measurements were acquired over the course of the expedition.
In this project we strive towards improving satellite retrieval algorithms for passive microwave observations and classification of ice types from SAR.
The project partners are University of Bremen and the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
MOSAiCmicrowaveRS is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG): DGF GEPRIS project website
2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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22.6.2020 (online) | 20.4.2021 (online) | 12.1.2022 (online) |
9.11.2020 (online) | 6.7.2021 (online) | 26.4.2022 (in person at MOSAiC workshop) |
22.10.2021 (online) |