Sensitivity of AMSR-E brightness temperatures to the seasonal evolution of lake ice thickness

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 751-755

  Kang, Kyung Kuk ^a   Duguay, Claude R ^a   Howell, Stephen E L ^a,b   Derksen, Chris P ^a,b   Kelly, Richard E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer Earth Observing System (EOS) (AMSR E); brightness temperature; ice thickness; lakes; radiometry

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; COLD WINTER; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; ICE GROWTH; ICE MODEL; ICE THICKNESS; MICROWAVE SCANNING; MID-FREQUENCY; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; STRONGEST RELATIONS; WINTER SEASONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; LAKES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SCANNING; TEMPERATURE;

ICE;

EID: 77957984426     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2010.2044742     Document Type: Article

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