ERS 1 radar and field-observed characteristics of autumn freeze-up in the Weddell Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C6, 1997, Pages 12593-12608

  Drinkwater, Mark R ^a   Lytle, Victoria I ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; AUTUMN FREEZE-UP; ERS-1; FREEZE; MICROWAVE RADAR; RADAR; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE;

WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0030680271     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00437     Document Type: Article

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