Comparison of satellite, thermochron and air temperatures at Summit, Greenland, during the winter of 2008/09

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 198, 2010, Pages 735-741

  Koenig, Lora S ^a   Hall, Dorothy K ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; ICE SHEET; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SUMMIT;

EID: 78149237615     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214310793146269     Document Type: Article

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