Fig.9. NSIPS mosaic ofERS-l SAR (174853QOI01-174861QOI01)
and DMSP OLS (F8.95193.0145)
imagery, June 12,1995.
The bright return
characteristic of windy open water allows the analyst to easily identify open water (with no new ice present) in the visible OLS image.
The multiyear floes are easily identified in
both the SAR and visible image near the ice edge but become cloud- and surface-water-contaminated toward the
inner ice pack. (ERS-l imagery copyright European Space Agency)
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