Monitoring ice volcano interactions in Iceland using SAR and other remote sensing techniques [Elektronische Ressource] / Kilian Scharrer

Monitoring ice-volcano interactions in Iceland using SAR and other remote sensing techniques Dissertation der Fakultät für Geowissenschaften der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Kilian Scharrer 04. September 2007 Disputation: 07. December 2007 Referees: Prof. Dr. DB Dingwell Prof. Dr. A Friedrich Contents 2Contents Abstract …..….……………………………………………………………………….… 4 6 1. Introduction …...…………………………………………………………………….. 9 2. Principles of SAR remote sensing …….……………………………………………. 10 2.1 SAR geometry ……..…………………………………………………………….. 12 2.2 SAR resolution …….…………………………………………………………….. 2.3 Interaction with target ……..…………………………………………………….. 13 16 3. Principles of optical remote sensing ….…………………………………………….. 17 3.1 Scanning geometries …..………………………………………………………… 19 4. Results (Abstracts of manuscripts) ………..……………………………………….. 19 4.1 Glaciology ……………………………………………………………………….. 4.1.1 The use of remote sensing data for mass balance studies at Mýrdalsjökull 19 ice cap, Iceland (Paper 1) ……..……………………………………………. 4.1.2 Effects of ash-layers of the 2004 Grímsvötn eruption on SAR backscatter 19 in the accumulation area of Vatnajökull (Paper 2) ...………………………. 4.1.3 Influences of the 2004 jökulhlaup on ice dynamics of Skeidarárjökull, 20 Iceland, using Terra-ASTER imagery (Paper 3) ...…………………………. 20 4.