Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) over Arctic sea ice: Retrieval of freeboard

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Kwok, Ron ^a   Cunningham, G F ^a   Zwally, H J ^b   Yi, D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; ICE; SEA ICE; SNOW; TOPOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 38949133045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003978     Document Type: Article

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