Spatial and temporal multiyear sea ice distributions in the Arctic: A neural network analysis of SSM/I data, 1988-2001

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Belchansky, Gennady I ^a   Douglas, David C ^b   Alpatsky, Ilia V ^a   Platonov, Nikita G ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

ERS; Multiyear; Okean; Passive microwave; Sea ice; SSM I

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA PROCESSING; SEA ICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SSM-I; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 11844275245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002388     Document Type: Review

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