Sea-ice deformation rates from satellite measurements and in a model

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-47

  Lindsay, R W ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Rothrock, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DEFORMATION; MELTING; SEA ICE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0038508574     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.410103     Document Type: Article

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