Comparison of passive microwave ice concentration algorithm retrievals with AVHRR imagery in arctic peripheral seas

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1324-1337

  Meier, Walter N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Arctic regions; Image sensors; Microwave radiometry; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SEA ICE;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); ARCTIC REGIONS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; PASSIVE MICROWAVES;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 20444490013     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.846151     Document Type: Article

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