The Storfjorden polynya: ERS-2 SAR observations and overview

Polar Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-182

  Haarpaintner, Jörg ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHY; ICE COVER; POLYNYA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

STORFJORDEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0033511677     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.1999.tb00290.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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