On the estimation of ice thickness from scattering observations

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 215-233

  Williams, T D ^a   Squire, V A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ocean wave sea ice interaction; Scattering; Thickness determination; Wide spacing and serial approximations

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; COASTAL REGIONS; ELASTIC PLATE MODELS; ENSEMBLE AVERAGING; EXACT SOLUTION; FLEXURAL-GRAVITY WAVES; ICE FLOES; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; OBLIQUE SCATTERING; OCEAN WAVE/SEA-ICE INTERACTION; OCEAN WAVES; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRESSURE RIDGE; THICKNESS DETERMINATION; THICKNESS VARIATION; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE SCATTERING; WAVE TRAIN; WILLIAMS;

COASTAL ZONES; CURVE FITTING; GLACIERS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD CARS; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; SEA ICE; WATER WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; OCEAN WAVE; SEA ICE; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 75149171757     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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