Extracting tidal variability of sea ice concentration from AMSR-E passive microwave single-swath data: A case study of the Ross Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 547-552

  MacK, Stefanie ^a   Padman, Laurie ^b   Klinck, John ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Earth and Space Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

AMSR E; diurnal tides; Ross Sea; Sea ice concentration

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIDES;

AMSR-E; DIURNAL TIDES; HEAT AND FRESHWATER FLUXES; MICROWAVE SCANNING; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; ROSS SEA; SATELLITE PASSIVE MICROWAVE; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION;

SEA ICE;

AMSR-E; BAROTROPIC TIDE; HEAT FLUX; ICE MECHANICS; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; PERIODICITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL MODELING;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84878195294     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50128     Document Type: Article

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