Estimation of thin ice thickness from AMSR-E data in the Chukchi Sea

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 468-489

  Iwamoto, K ^a   Ohshima, K I ^a   Tamura, T ^b,c   Nihashi, S ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d TOMAKOMAI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; WATER VAPOR;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER-EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (AMSR-E); BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; COMBINED ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; POLARIZATION RATIOS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

ALGORITHM; AMSR-E; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT BUDGET; ICE THICKNESS; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; MODIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 84866463350     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.712229     Document Type: Article

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