A thermodynamic model for estimating sea and lake ice thickness with optical satellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Wang, Xuanji ^a   Key, Jeffrey R ^b   Liu, Yinghui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; LAKES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; SONAR; SUN; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

CLIMATOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CRYOSPHERE; CURRENT MODELS; DOWNWARD SOLAR RADIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; ICE THICKNESS; IN-SITU; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; NEAR INFRARED; OPTICAL SATELLITES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SNOW DEPTHS; SURFACE ALBEDO; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; UPWARD-LOOKING SONARS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALBEDO; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYOSPHERE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ICE THICKNESS; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SONAR IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78650508764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005857     Document Type: Article

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