Ship-borne electromagnetic induction sounding of sea ice thickness in the Arctic during summer 2003

Polar Meteorology and Glaciology

Volumn , Issue 20, 2006, Pages 53-61

  Shirasawa, Kunio ^a   Tateyama, Kazutaka ^b   Takatsuka, Toru ^a   Kawamura, Toshiyuki ^a   Uto, Shotaro ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic; Electro magnetic inductive device (EM); Sea ice thickness

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ICE THICKNESS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEA ICE; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; SUMMER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 34047221180     PISSN: 13443437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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