The importance of diurnal processes for the seasonal cycle of sea-ice microwave brightness temperatures during early summer in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2006, Pages 297-302

  Willmes, Sascha ^a   Bareiss, Jörg ^a   Haas, Christian ^b   Nicolaus, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; GLACIOLOGY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SNOW; SSM-I; THAWING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 34249065193     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756406781811817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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