BEPERS (Bothnian Experiment in Preparation for ERS-1) : pilot study: data report
Series: Research report ; 45Publication details: Helsingfors Sjöfartsverket, 1988; Sjöfartsstyrelsen [Finland], ; Styrelsen för vintersjöfartsforskning, Description: 171 s, USBISBN:- 9514712781
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This report belongs to the BEPERS (Bothnian Experiment in Preparation for ERS-1) programme, a Joint Finnish and Swedish research programme for learning to use the data of ERS-1 satellite of ESA in operative ice mapping and in ice research. This report presents the data and preliminary results of BEPERS Pilot Study which was performed in the Gulf of Bothnia and Northern Baltic Sea Proper during 30 March - 3 April 1987. The principal object of BEPERS Pilot Study was the use of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) in remote sensing of brackish water pack ice.