Multisensor data and thermodynamic sea-ice model based sea-ice thickness chart with application to the Kara Sea, Arctic Russia

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 62, 2013, Pages 241-252

  Simila M ^a   Makynen M ^a   Cheng, B ^a   Rinne, E ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE THICKNESS; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; KARA SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84881605899     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG62A163     Document Type: Article

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