Persistent iceberg groundings in the western Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 385-391

  Luckman, Adrian ^a   Padman, Laurie ^b   Jansen, Daniela ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Earth and Space Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bathymetry; Envisat ASAR; Larsen C Ice Shelf; Ocean circulation; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER DATA; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; DEEP WATER; DENSITY MODELS; ENVISAT ASAR; GROUND-TRACK; ICE SHELVES; LASER ALTIMETRY; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN DEPTH; PASSIVE MICROWAVE DATA; SATELLITE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGES; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SHIP SOUNDING; TWO LAYERS; WEDDELL SEA;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BATHYMETRY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SEA ICE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BACKSCATTER; BATHYMETRY; DEEP WATER; GROUNDING LINE; ICE SHELF; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; ICEBERG; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA ICE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; FILCHNER-RONNE ICE SHELF; LARSEN ICE SHELF; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 71449094701     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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