Evaluation of a polynya flux model by means of thermal infrared satellite estimates

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 57 PART 1, 2011, Pages 52-60

  Krumpen, Thomas ^a   Willmes, Sascha ^b   Morales Maqueda, Miguel Angel ^c   Haas, Christian ^d   Hölemann, Jens A ^a   Gerdes, Rüdiger ^a   Schröder, David ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; ICE THICKNESS; INFRARED IMAGERY; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLYNYA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE MECHANICS; OPEN WATER;

EID: 79958101348     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411795931615     Document Type: Article

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