Comparison of seasonal sea-ice thickness change in the Transpolar Drift observed by local ice mass-balance observations and floe-scale EM surveys

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 57 PART 1, 2011, Pages 97-102

  Haas, Christian ^a   Le Goff, Herve ^b   Audrain, Samuel ^b   Perovich, Don ^c   Haapala, Jari ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ICE THICKNESS; MASS BALANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA ICE; SURVEY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 79958133158     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411795931778     Document Type: Article

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