Synoptic airborne thickness surveys reveal state of Arctic sea ice cover

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Haas, Christian ^a   Hendricks, Stefan ^b   Eicken, Hajo ^c   Herber, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

airborne electromagnetic sounding; Arctic sea ice; ice thickness

Indexed keywords

FIXED WINGS; LARGE DATASET; MAGNETOMETERS; SURVEYS; THICKNESS CONTROL;

AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; EM SURVEYS; ICE THICKNESS; INTERANNUAL; NATURAL VARIABILITY; REGIONAL VARIATION;

SEA ICE;

EID: 78651406470     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042652     Document Type: Article

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