Area balance of the Arctic Ocean perennial ice zone: October 1996 to April 1997

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C11, 1999, Pages 25747-25759

  Kwok, R ^a   Cunningham, G F ^a   Yueh, S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE COVER; NSCAT; PERENNIAL ICE ZONE; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033571898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900234     Document Type: Review

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