Persistent surface snowmelt over Antarctica (1987-2006) from 19.35 GHz brightness temperatures

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Tedesco, M ^a,b   Abdalati, W ^b   Zwally, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIZATION; SEA LEVEL; SNOW;

SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; SURFACE SNOWMELT OVER;

METEOROLOGY;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MELTING; MODELING; SNOWMELT; SSM-I;

ANTARCTICA; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 36549003643     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031199     Document Type: Article

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