Comparison of thin ice thickness distributions derived from RADARSAT Geophysical Processor System and advanced very high resolution radiometer data sets

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Yu, Y ^a   Lindsay, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic thin ice; AVHRR; Remote sensing techniques; RGPS

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; DATA PROCESSING; ICE THICKNESS; RADARSAT; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA BASIN;

EID: 1842711284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001319     Document Type: Article

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