Separability of sea ice types from wide swath C- and L-band synthetic aperture radar imagery acquired during the melt season

Differentiating between first-year ice (FYI) and multi-year ice (MYI) in C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery during spring–summer melt, when wet snow and melt ponds mask the underlying ice, is difficult. It has been suggested that the use of L-band SAR may alleviate this concern given incr... View More