Metadata

Field Value

Dataset Name

SERF2012: Thin Sea Ice C-band Polarimetric and Physical Time Series

Dataset General Type

Radar data

Dataset Type

Dataset

Dataset Level

1.1

Program Website

Keyword Vocabulary

Polar Data Catalogue

Keyword Vocabulary URL

https://www.polardata.ca/pdcinput/public/keywordlibrary

Theme

Title

Cryosphere

URL

https://canwin-datahub.ad.umanitoba.ca/data/en/group/cryosphere

Dataset Status

Complete

Maintenance and Update Frequency

As needed

Dataset Last Revision Date

2026-04-28

Dataset DOI

Metadata Creation Date

2026

Publisher

CanWIN

Dataset Authors

Dataset Authors 1

Name

Dadjoo, Mehran

Type of Name

Personal

Email

dadjoom@myumanitoba.ca

Affiliation

Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba

ORCID ID

Dataset Authors 2

Name

Isleifson, Dustin

Type of Name

Personal

Email

Dustin.Isleifson@umanitoba.ca

Affiliation

Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba

ORCID ID

Contributors

Contributors 1

Name

Role

Email

Affiliation

Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba

ORCID ID

Project Data Curator

Isleifson, Dustin

Project Data Curator email

Dustin.Isleifson@umanitoba.ca

Project Data Curator Affiliation

Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba

Dataset Collection Start Date

2012-02-10

Dataset Collection End Date

2012-02-12

Sample Collection

Sample Collection 1

Sampling Instrument Name

Standardized Sampling Instrument Name

Sample Collection Method Name

Comment

Method Link

Method Summary

Method Description Type

Methods

Activity Collection Type

Field Measurement

Preferred citation

Analytical Instrument

Analytical Instrument 1

Analytical Instrument Name

ProSensing

Standardized Analytical Instrument Name

Analytical Instrument Identifier Id

Analytical Instrument Title Type

Alternative Title

Analytical Instrument Identifier Type

Analytical Method

Analytical Method 1

Analytical Method Name

Method Link

Method Summary

Laboratory

Comments

Variables Measured

C-band backscattering NRCS values in VV, HH, HV polarizations

Licence Name or Copyright Statement

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Copyright Statement

Licence Type

Open

Embargo Date

Licence URL

https://spdx.org/licenses

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Terms of Use

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Awards

Related Resources

Related Resources 1

Related Resource Name

A Study on the C-Band Polarimetric Scattering and Physical Characteristics of Frost Flowers on Experimental Sea Ice

Resource Code

10.1109/TGRS.2013.2255060

Identifier Type

DOI

Relationship To This Dataset

Resource Type

DOI, Relationship to Dataset: Is Published In, Type: Journal Article

Type

Series Name

Publications

Spatial regions

Spatial extent West Bound Longitude

Spatial extent East Bound Longitude

Spatial extent South Bound Latitude

Spatial extent North Bound Latitude

Data and Resources

Field Value

URL

https://canwin-datahub.ad.umanitoba.ca/data/dataset/038e72a9-363f-4b2b-b71c-1482bed7a877/resource/4df106b7-de53-4e11-b04f-723c7077227b/download/data_2012_serf_cband_25deg_tair_cfdm_thickness.xlsx

Name

Serf 2012 Cband Data

Description

Format

XLSX

Resource Category

data

URL

https://canwin-datahub.ad.umanitoba.ca/data/dataset/038e72a9-363f-4b2b-b71c-1482bed7a877/resource/93573c03-73ff-49f6-ad20-dd164a99a6a4/download/data-dictionary-serf2012-c-band.xlsx

Name

Detailed Data Dictionary

Description

Descriptions of all variables measured.

Format

XLSX

Resource Category

data