Sea ice as an evaluation target for HEM modelling and inversion

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 242-249

  Pfaffling, Andreas ^a   Reid, James E ^b  

^a Consulting Geophysicist ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Calibration; Helicopter electromagnetics; Inversion; Modelling; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CALIBRATION; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; CURVE FITTING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENGINE MOUNTINGS; HELICOPTERS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANTARCTIC SEA ICES; ANTARCTICA; BRACKISH WATERS; DATA SETS; FIELD DATUM; ICE LAYERS; IN-PHASE; INVERSION; INVERSION ALGORITHMS; INVERSION RESULTS; INVERSION SCHEMES; LEAST SQUARES; LEAST SQUARES-INVERSION ALGORITHMS; LEAST-SQUARES INVERSIONS; LOW SENSITIVITIES; LOW-FREQUENCY DATUM; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELLING; MULTI-CHANNEL DATUM; MULTIPLE-INPUT CHANNELS; NOISE RATIOS; PHASE ANGLES; PHASOR DIAGRAMS; PRESSURE RIDGES; QUADRATURE COMPONENTS; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SEA-ICE THICKNESS; SINGLE CHANNELS; SINGLE FREQUENCIES; SYNTHETIC DATA SETS; SYNTHETIC DATUM;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; BATHYMETRY; CALIBRATION; DATA INVERSION; DATA SET; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; ICE THICKNESS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MODELING; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 62149084499     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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