Polynya signature simulation method polynya area in comparison to AMSR-E 89 GHz sea-ice concentrations in the Ross Sea and off the Adélie Coast, Antarctica, for 2002-05: First results

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2007, Pages 409-418

  Kern, Stefan ^a   Spreen, Gunnar ^a   Kaleschke, Lars ^b   de la Rosa, Sara ^a   Heygster, Georg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AVHRR; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ICE THICKNESS; ICEBERG; SEA ICE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SSM-I;

ADELIE COAST; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TERRA NOVA BAY;

EID: 42549111476     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756407782871585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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