Detection of coastal polynyas and ice production in the Antarctic and Okhotsk Seas from SSM/I

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 2652-2655

  Ohshima, Kay I ^a   Nihashi, Sohey ^a   Tamura, Takeshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coastal polynya; Component; Fast ice; Sea ice; SSM I

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ESTIMATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; COASTAL POLYNYAS; FAST ICE; SSM/I;

SEA ICE;

EID: 33745726793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2005.1525611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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