Sea ice motion from low-resolution satellite sensors: An alternative method and its validation in the Arctic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Lavergne, T ^a   Eastwood, S ^a   Teffah, Z ^a   Schyberg, H ^a   Breivik, L A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR STATISTICS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SATELLITES; SEA ICE; VECTORS;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER- EOS; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; CONTINUOUS OPTIMIZATION; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DISPLACEMENT VECTORS; ICE MOTION; IMAGING SENSORS; IN-SITU; METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE; MOTION VECTORS; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; POLARIZATION CHANNELS; PROCESSING CHAIN; QUANTIZATION NOISE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SATELLITE APPLICATION FACILITIES; SATELLITE SENSORS; SCATTEROMETERS; SEA ICE MOTION; SEA-ICE DRIFT; SPACE-BORNE; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGERS; SPRING SEASON; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME SPAN;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

ALGORITHM; ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; ICE MOVEMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; POLARIZATION; SEA ICE; SIR; VECTOR;

ARCTIC;

EID: 77958537889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005958     Document Type: Article

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