Electromagnetic remote sensing of sea ice

Electromagnetic remote sensing of sea ice is viewed to introduce relevant practical problems to the inverse scattering community. A brief introduction to the importance of sea ice and sea ice physics is followed by a summary of direct scattering models where extensive references are given. Typical inverse problems and models that use these direct scattering models are discussed to provide guidance to potential researchers in the field. An optimization technique is discussed in more detail to illustrate several issues pertinent to electromagnetic remote sensing of sea ice.