Polarimetric SAR interferometry applied to land ice: first results

This paper presents first results obtained from the analysis of fully polarimetric / interferometric land ice data. It is demonstrated that L-band data from an ice cap located in the percolation zone of Greenland show a strong polarization de- pendent interferometric behavior. No model-based inversion has yet been attempted, but a radar reflector deployed on the ice surface suggests an effective penetration depth of about 15 m.