The influence of cloud cover on the radiation budget, physical properties, and microwave scattering coefficient (cr°) of first-year and multiyear sea ice

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-50

  Barber, David G ^a   Thomas, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Noetix Research Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clouds; Energy balance; Microwave scattering; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; PERMITTIVITY; SATELLITES; SEA ICE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ENERGY BALANCE; MICROWAVE SCATTERING; MULTILAYER SEA ICE; SURFACE RADIATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0031646488     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.655316     Document Type: Article

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