Interferometric estimation of three-dimensional ice-flow using ascending and descending passes
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- Vol. 36 (1), 25-37
- https://doi.org/10.1109/36.655315
Abstract
Satellite radar interferometry (SRI) provides an important new tool for determining ice-flow velocity. Interferometric measurements made from a single-track direction are sensitive only to a single component of the three-component velocity vector. Observations from along three different track directions would allow the full velocity vector to be determined. A north/south-looking synthetic aperture radar (SAR) could provide these observations over large portions of the globe, but not over large areas of the polar ice sheets. The authors develop and demonstrate a technique that allows the three-component velocity vector to be estimated from data acquired along two track directions (ascending and descending) under a surface-parallel flow assumption. This technique requires that there are accurate estimates of the surface slope, which are also determined interferometrically. To demonstrate the technique, the authors estimate the three-component velocity field for the Ryder Glacier, Greenland. Their results are promising, although they do not have yet ground-truth data with which to determine the accuracy of their estimates.Keywords
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