Classification of new-ice in the Greenland Sea using Satellite SSM/I radiometer and SeaWinds scatterometer data and comparison with ice model

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 277-287

  Tonboe, R ^a   Toudal, L ^b  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Greenland Sea; New ice; Scatterometer radiometer data classification; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SEA ICE;

GREENLAND SEA; NEW-ICE; SCATTEROMETER/RADIOMETER DATA CLASSIFICATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

ICE COVER; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTEROMETER; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 23744481603     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2005.05.012     Document Type: Article

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