High radar-backscatter regions on Antarctic sea-ice and their relation to sea-ice and snow properties and meteorological conditions

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3967-3984

  Willmes, Sascha ^a   Haas, Christian ^b,c   Nicolaus, Marcel ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

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

^c Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; RADAR; SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; RADAR BACKSCATTER; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

SEA ICE;

BACKSCATTER; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; METEOROLOGY; QUIKSCAT; RADAR; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SNOW;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79958192352     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161003801344     Document Type: Article

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