Observing snowmelt dynamics on fast ice in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, with NOAA/AVHRR data and field measurements

Polar Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-213

  Willmes, Sascha ^a   Bareiss, Jörg ^a   Haas, Christian ^b   Nicolaus, Marcel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Remote sensing; Sea ice; Snow melt detection; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; AVHRR; CLEAR SKY; DETECTION METHOD; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLOGY; INFRARED IMAGERY; NOAA SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SNOWMELT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 68249142968     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2009.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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