Retrieval of thin-ice thickness using the L-band polarization ratio measured by the helicopter-borne scatterometer HELISCAT

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2006, Pages 275-280

  Kern, Stefan ^a   Gade, Martin ^a   Haas, Christian ^b   Pfaffling, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; ICE THICKNESS; POLARIZATION; SCATTEROMETER; SEA ICE; UNDERPINNING;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 34249058682     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756406781811880     Document Type: Conference Paper

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