Analysis of Polarization Ratio of Greenland Ice Using L-Band ALOS PALSAR Data

L band ALOS PALSAR radar sensors data are available for studying terrestrial surfaces. Polarization products like Linear Polarization Ratio (LPR) and Circular Polarization ratio (CPR) derived from Stokes Parameters utilizes the horizontally and vertically polarized received signals from the targets. LPR and CPR values for ice and water can be computed from the terrestrial surface covering ice deposits over Greenland and water bodies like fresh water lakes rivers, oceans etc. In the present study, LPR values are derived from Greenland ice sheets from L band datasets. LPR values of ice from different datasets of Greenland are observed to have similar LPR values irrespective of incidence angle.