Aerial observations of floe size distribution in the marginal ice zone of summer Prydz Bay

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Lu, P ^a   Li, Z J ^a   Zhang, Z H ^b   Dong, X L ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ICE BREAKUP; IMAGE PROCESSING; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; SEA ICE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WAVE-ICE INTERACTION; WEIBULL THEORY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRYDZ BAY;

EID: 42549089055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003965     Document Type: Article

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