Remote Sensing of Sea Ice in the Northern Sea Route Studies and Applications /

• Main Authors: Johannessen, Ola M. (Author), Alexandrov, Vitaly Yu (Author), Frolov, Ivan Ye (Author), Sandven, Stein (Author), Pettersson, Lasse H. (Author), Bobylev, Leonid P. (Author), Kloster, Kjell (Author), Smirnov, Vladimir G. (Author), Mironov, Yevgeny U. (Author), Babich, Nikolay G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Oceanography.; Aquatic ecology.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

Remote Sensing of Sea Ice in the Northern Sea Route: Studies and Applications initially provides a history of the Northern Sea Route as an important strategic transport route for supporting the northern regions of Russia and cargo transportation between Europe and the Northern Pacific Basin. The aut...

Table of Contents:

• History of the Northern Sea Route
• Sea-ice conditions in the Arctic and in the Northern Sea Route
• Sea ice monitoring
• Satellite remote sensing of sea ice
• Sea ice conditions observed from satellite remote-sensing data
• Application of SAR for ice navigation in the Northern Sea Route
• Climatic variability of sea ice in the Arctic
• Afterword.