A laboratory study of the effect of frost flowers on C band radar backscatter from sea ice

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C2, 1997, Pages 3357-3370

  Nghiem, S V ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; C BAND; C BAND RADAR BACKSCATTER; FROST FLOWER; FROST FLOWERS; LABORATORY METHOD; RADAR; SAR; SEA ICE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0030961310     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC03208     Document Type: Article

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