Snow-depth observations by adventurers traveling on Arctic sea ice

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 57 PART 2, 2011, Pages 369-376

  Gerland, Sebastian ^a   Haas, Christian ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; DATA SET; ECOTOURISM; ENERGY BALANCE; ICE THICKNESS; MODEL VALIDATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE ENERGY; DEPTH DETERMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SNOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC; NORTH POLE;

EID: 79958154404     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411795931552     Document Type: Article

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