Modelling snow and ice thickness in the coastal Kara Sea, Russian Arctic

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 62, 2013, Pages 105-113

  Cheng, Bin ^a   Mäkynen, Marko ^a   Similä, Markku ^a   Rontu, Laura ^a   Vihma, Timo ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMSR-E; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COASTAL ZONE; ICE THICKNESS; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; KARA SEA;

EID: 84881587837     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG62A180     Document Type: Article

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