A GIS approach to estimating interannual variability of sea ice concentration in the Dumont d'Urville Sea near Terre Adélie from 2003 to 2009

Polar Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 104-117

  Smith, Martina B ^a,b,c   Labat, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Fraser, Alexander D ^c   Massom, Robert A ^c,d   Koubbi, Philippe ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climatology; East Antarctica; GIS; Interannual variations; Sea ice concentration

Indexed keywords

AMSR-E; ANNUAL VARIATION; BASELINE SURVEY; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; EOS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; OPEN WATER; PERSISTENCE; POLYNYA; SEA ICE;

ADELIE COAST; ANTARCTICA; DUMONT D'URVILLE SEA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MERTZ GLACIER; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79960698014     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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