Author: Barbat, M. M. Version 2021.1

IceDT is a framework in developement intending to improve accurate automatic iceberg detection. The framework includes an alternative machine-learning architecture focused on superpixel segmentation, deep learning, and ensemble learning with application to high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images.

Pre-processing, segmentation and classification stages are optimized intending to operate under ambiguous scenarios where sea ice, ice mélange, waves, and other artefacts common in polar environments pose major obstacles for autonomous iceberg detections.

How to cite:

Barbat, M. M., Wesche, C., Werhli, A. V., & Mata, M. M. (2019). An adaptive machine learning approach to improve automatic iceberg detection from SAR images. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 156(March), 247–259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2019.08.015

Demonstration. Using Radarsar RAMP AMM-1 1997 input data.

Figure: Comparison of SAR scenes from the RAMP AMM-1 mission with iceberg detection results using the autonomous detection method. White objects represents icebergs, dark gray ocean/seaice, light gray land/ice shelves and black no-data.

Notice:

• So far supports reading SAR files in format raster.
• code is fully implemented in Python 3.x

Requeriments:

• Python 3.x
• The land mask, coastline and ice shelves vectors used for plotting are extracted from datasets provided on-line.

copyright (c) 2021 by Mauro Barbat.

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