In radar imagery, highly heterogeneous ice covers (e.g., juxtaposed and consolidated ice covers) can be expected to have higher radar return signals from both surface and volume scattering and appear brighter in the image. Regarding the SAR sensor characteristics, such as wavelength, polarization, incidence angle, and viewing geometry, observations of river ice types and structures also strongly depend on these parameters. For example, analysis of the two co- (e.g., HH—horizontal transmit and horizontal receive) and cross- (e.g., HV—horizontal transmit and vertical receive) polarizations can reveal different information about the ice cover characteristics.