Exploring and visualizing sea ice chart data using Java-based GIS tools

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 846-858

  Tang, Yingqi ^a   Wong, David W ^a  

^a Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Ice chart; Sea ice data; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ICE CHART; SEA ICE DATA SET; STATISTICAL VISUALIZATION;

SEA ICE;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SEA ICE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DATA PROCESSING; GIS; SEA ICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 33745103733     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2005.10.018     Document Type: Article

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