Passive microwave observations of the Northeast Water Polynya interannual variability: 1978-1994

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 87-98

  Bohm E ^a   Hopkins, T S ^a   Minnett, P J ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Northeast Greenland; passive microwave remote sensing; polynya; sea ice concentration

Indexed keywords

ICE OBSERVATIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; POLYNYAS;

GREENLAND SEA, EAST GREENLAND SHELF, NORTHEAST WATER POLYNYA;

EID: 0030620609     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(96)00080-2     Document Type: Article

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