Frequency, timing, extent, and size of winter thaw-refreeze events in Alaska 2001-2008 detected by remotely sensed microwave backscatter data

Polar Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 419-426

  Wilson, Ryan R ^a   Bartsch, Annett ^b   Joly, Kyle ^c   Reynolds, Joel H ^d   Orlando, Anne ^e   Loya, Wendy M ^a  

^a The Wilderness Society   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^e Selawik National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Freezing rain; Ice; QuikSCAT; Rain on snow; Remote sensing; ROS; Scatterometer; Snow characteristics

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BACKSCATTER; DATA SET; FREEZING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; ICE; LATITUDE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; POPULATION DECLINE; QUIKSCAT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; SNOW; WEATHER STATION; WINTER;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84873999265     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1272-6     Document Type: Article

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