Estimation of thin ice thickness and detection of fast ice from SSM/I data in the Antarctic Ocean

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1757-1772

  Tamura, Takeshi ^a   Ohshima, Kay I ^a   Markus, Thorsten ^b   Cavalieri, Donald J ^b   Nihashi, Sohey ^a   Hirasawa, Naohiko ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); ALGORITHMS; PROBABILITY; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER SATELLITES;

COASTAL POLYNYA; ICE THICKNESS;

SEA ICE;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); ALGORITHMS; PROBABILITY; SEA ICE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ALGORITHM; ICE THICKNESS; POLYNYA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SSM-I;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 35548976153     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2113.1     Document Type: Article

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