The MAP-Guided Ice Classification (MAGIC) system is designed specifically to read and interpret synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sea ice images using associated ice maps as provided by the Canadian Ice Service (CIS). An ice chart is manually created at the CIS based on the corresponding SAR image and other ancillary data to provide ice concentrations, types, and floe sizes within enclosed ‘‘polygon’’ regions. MAGIC uses such information as input and then generates a sensor resolution (pixel-based) ice map for each polygon, a product not feasibly produced manually. The primary feature of the current MAGIC version 3.1 is its segmentation module, which is evaluated successfully on a number of images. MAGIC is designed to be used not only as a specific tool for sea ice interpretation but also as a general platform for interpreting generic digital imagery using implemented fundamental and advanced algorithms.

A screenshot of the MAGIC system:A screenshot of the MAGIC system (GUI)

Related people

Directors

David A. Clausi

Students

Fan Li, Linlin Xu

Alumni

Kai (Alex) QinNamrata BandekarPeter YuQiyao YuSteven Leigh

Related research areas

Image Segmentation/Classification

Remote Sensing

Related publications

Journal articles

Leigh, S.Z. Wang, and D. A. Clausi, "Automated ice-water classification using dual polarization SAR satellite imagerypdf", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, November, Accepted. Details

Yu, P.D. A. Clausi, and K. Qin, "Unsupervised polarimetric SAR image segmentation and classification using region growing with edge penaltypdf", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 50, issue 4, pp. 1302 - 1317, 2012. Details

Qin, K., and D. A. Clausi, "Multivariate image segmentation using semantic region growing with adaptive edge penaltypdf",IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 19, no. 8, pp. 2157 - 2170, 2010. Details

Yu, Q., and D. A. Clausi, "IRGS: Image segmentation using edge penalties and region growingpdf", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 30, no. 12, pp. 2126 - 2139, 2008. Details

Yu, Q., and D. A. Clausi, "SAR sea-ice image analysis based on iterative region growing using semanticspdf", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 45, no. 12, pp. 3919 - 3931, 2007. Details

Conference papers

Clausi, D. A.K. Qin, M. S. Chowdhury, P. Yu, and P. Maillard, "MAGIC: MAp-Guided Ice Classification system for operational analysispdf", 5th IAPR Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing, Tampa, FL, USA, 2008.Details