Snow grain-size profiles deduced from microwave snow emissivities in Antarctica

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 197, 2010, Pages 514-526

  Brucker, Ludovic ^a   Picard, Ghislain ^a   Fily, Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; EMISSIVITY; GRAIN SIZE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SNOW; SNOWPACK; SSM-I;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77956950667     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214310792447806     Document Type: Article

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