Large-scale drift of Arctic Sea ice retrieved from passive microwave satellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C4, 2000, Pages 8775-8788

  Martin, T ^a,b   Augstein, E ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIFT BEHAVIOR; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033665281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900270     Document Type: Article

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