Informational equivalence between synthetic aperture radar imagery and the thickness of Arctic pack ice

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C12, 1999, Pages 29721-29731

  Kerman, Bryan ^a   Wadhams, Peter ^b   Davis, Norman ^b   Comiso, Joey ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE THICKNESS; PACK ICE; RADAR IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033573435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900187     Document Type: Article

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