Delineation of ridge features with a high probability of scour in high-resolution satellite based radar imagery

To correlate the ice regime, as measured by satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), with extreme deep-keeled ice features identified using keel draft data collected by DFO's Upward Looking Sonar (ULS) in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. The objectives were to: a)acquire high resolution SAR data from satellite archives, coincident in location with the ULS maintained and operated in the Canadian Beaufort by the Institute of Ocean Sciences (OSC); b)analyze the high resolution SAR data for possible ridge-like features; c)correlate ridge features to in-situ data on ice keels, as determined by the IPS; and d)from the correlation, develop a methodology to routinely analyze high resolution SAR data for the extraction of extreme ridge features. More information about this project, as well as other BREA projects, is available here:http://www.beaufortrea.ca/publications/