Ice and snow cover of continental water bodies from simultaneous radar altimetry and radiometry observations

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 29, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 271-295

  Kouraev, A V ^a,b   Shimaraev, M N ^d   Buharizin, P I ^e   Naumenko, M A ^f   Cretaux J F ^a,c   Mognard, N ^a,c   Legresy B ^a,c   Remy F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b State Oceanography Institute   (Russian Federation)

^c LEGOS   (France)

^d LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^f ST PETERSBURG INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS AND AUTOMATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aral sea; Caspian sea; Ice and snow cover; Lake Baikal; Lake Ladoga; Lake Onega; Radar altimetry; Radiometry

Indexed keywords

ICE; LAKES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ARAL SEA; CASPIAN SEA; ICE AND SNOW COVER; LAKE BAIKAL; LAKE LADOGA; LAKE ONEGA; RADAR ALTIMETRY;

SNOW;

ICE COVER; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER; SSM-I;

ARAL SEA; ASIA; CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA; KARELIA [(ADS) RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; LAKE BAIKAL; LAKE LADOGA; LAKE ONEGA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WEST ASIA;

LADOGA;

EID: 59849096547     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-008-9042-2     Document Type: Article

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