An intercomparison between AMSR-E snow-depth and satellite C- and Ku-band radar backscatter data for Antarctic sea ice

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 57 PART 2, 2011, Pages 279-290

  Kern, Stefan ^a   Ozsoy Cicek, Burcu ^b   Willmes, Sascha ^c   Nicolaus, Marcel ^d   Haas, Christian ^e   Ackley, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b University of San Antonio   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMSR-E; BACKSCATTER; RESEARCH VESSEL; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; SNOW ACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ICE RIDGE; ICE THICKNESS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SNOW COVER;

BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 79958239183     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411795931750     Document Type: Article

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