The Northeast Greenland Sirius Water Polynya dynamics and variability inferred from satellite imagery

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-142

  Pedersen, Jørn Bjarke Torp ^a   Kaufmann, Laura Hauch ^a   Kroon, Aart ^a   Jakobsen, Bjarne Holm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Northeast greenland; Polynya; Satellite remote sensing; Sea ice cover; Sirius water polynya

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ICE COVER; PACK ICE; POLYNYA; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; TRANSITION ZONE; WIND FIELD;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; GREENLAND SEA; NORTHEAST WATER POLYNYA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 78650863676     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2010.10669503     Document Type: Article

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