An ultra-wideband, microwave radar for measuring snow thickness on sea ice and mapping near-surface internal layers in polar firn

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 214, 2013, Pages 244-254

  Panzer, Ben ^a   Gomez Garcia, Daniel ^a   Leuschen, Carl ^a   Paden, John ^a   Rodriguez Morales, Fernando ^a   Patel, Aqsa ^a   Markus, Thorsten ^b   Holt, Benjamin ^c   Gogineni, Prasad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRBORNE SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAPPING; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; RADAR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA ICE; SNOW COVER;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84880804621     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013JoG12J128     Document Type: Article

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