Sea ice concentrations in the Weddell Sea: A comparison of SSM/I, ULS, and GCM data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Connolley, W M ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; CLIMATE MODELS; NASA; SEA ICE; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

BOOTSTRAP ALGORITHMS; OCEAN-AIR FLUXES; SEA ICE MODELS; SONAR DATA;

SEA ICE; ICE;

ALGORITHM; BOOTSTRAPPING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WORLD;

BOOTSTRAP ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE STUDIES; ICE CONCENTRATION; MICROWAVE EMISSIONS; OCEAN-AIR FLUXES; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; UPWARD-LOOKING SONARS;

EID: 21844472566     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021898     Document Type: Article

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