On the accuracy of thin-ice thickness retrieval using MODIS thermal imagery over Arctic first-year ice

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 62, 2013, Pages 87-96

  Mäkynen, Marko ^a   Cheng, Bin ^a   Similä, Markku ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ICE THICKNESS; IMAGERY; MARGINAL SEA; MODIS; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; KARA SEA;

EID: 84881564129     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG62A166     Document Type: Article

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