Antarctic sea ice elevation from satellite radar altimetry

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Giles, Katharine A ^a   Laxon, Seymour W ^a   Worby, Anthony P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; SNOW; WEATHER SATELLITES;

SATELLITE RADAR ALTIMETRY; SEA ICE ELEVATION; SEA ICE THICKNESS; SNOW COVER;

SEA ICE;

DATA SET; ICE THICKNESS; RADAR ALTIMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA ICE; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; SNOW COVER; SONAR;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 41849139303     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031572     Document Type: Article

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