Thin sea ice identification in the Kara Sea using AMSR-E data

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4477-4480

  Von Lerber, A ^a   Makynen, M ^b   Simila, M ^b   Sievinen, P ^a   Hallikainen, M T ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

AMSR E; ice thickness algorithm; polynya identification

Indexed keywords

AMSR-E; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLEAR SKY; ICE THICKNESS; KARA SEA; PRECISE DEFINITION; RADIOMETER DATA; SPECTRAL GRADIENTS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THICKNESS CHARTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING;

SEA ICE;

EID: 84873147913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350477     Document Type: Conference Paper

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