Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
UDC 528.88
UDC 528.8.04
UDC 55
UDC 550.34
UDC 550.383
CSCSTI 37.01
CSCSTI 37.15
CSCSTI 37.25
CSCSTI 37.31
CSCSTI 38.01
CSCSTI 36.00
CSCSTI 37.00
CSCSTI 38.00
CSCSTI 39.00
CSCSTI 52.00
Russian Classification of Professions by Education 05.00.00
Russian Library and Bibliographic Classification 26
Russian Trade and Bibliographic Classification 63
BISAC SCI SCIENCE
Remote sensing methods are widely used to monitor ongoing climate change, and the area of sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic is used as one of the criteria. The duration of ice cover on inland waters can be used to assess processes within continents. The small size of internal waters does not allow the use of traditional methods that have proven themselves well in marine conditions. This study considers the possibility of using dual-frequency precipitation radar data to detect ice formation and destruction on small inland waters. Due to the features of backscatter at small incidence angles (< 18∘), inland waters with sizes smaller than the radar resolution (5 km) are “visible” in radar images. Using the Volga River as an example, it is shown that water-ice and ice-water transitions can be detected when analyzing radar images, and thus, possible to estimate the duration of ice cover on inland waters.
inland water, ice cover, dual-frequency precipitation radar, radar image, small incidence angles
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