Optimal estimation of ice, ocean and atmosphere parameters from AMSR microwave radiometer data

摘要

Global multispectral microwave radiometer measurements have been available for several decades. However, most current sea ice concentration algorithms still only takes advantage of a very limited subset of the available channels. Here we present a method that allows utilization of all available channels as well as the combination of data from multiple sources such as microwave radiometry, scatterometry and numerical weather prediction.