Polynya area in the Kara Sea, Arctic, obtained with microwave radiometry for 1979-2003

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-175

  Kern, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; ICE CONCENTRATIONS; KARA SEAS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRIES; POLYNYA SIGNATURE SIMULATION METHODS; SURFACE WINDS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITIES;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SEA ICE; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TIME SERIES;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 61449154689     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2008.916831     Document Type: Article

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