Modeling time series of microwave brightness temperature at Dome C, Antarctica, using vertically resolved snow temperature and microstructure measurements

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 57, Issue 201, 2011, Pages 171-182

  Brucker, Ludovic ^a   Picard, Ghislain ^a   Arnaud, Laurent ^a   Barnola, Jean Marc ^a   Schneebeli, Martin ^b   Brunjail, Hélène ^a   Lefebvre, Eric ^a   Fily, Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMSR-E; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; GRAIN SIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SNOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79958858559     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214311795306736     Document Type: Article

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