Sea ice thickness retrieval algorithms based on in situ surface elevation and thickness values for application to altimetry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3807-3822

  Ozsoy Cicek, Burcu ^a   Ackley, Stephen ^b   Xie, Hongjie ^b   Yi, Donghui ^c   Zwally, Jay ^c  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; buoyancy theorem; sea ice thickness; snow depth; snow elevation

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ANTARCTICA; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SEA-ICE THICKNESS; SNOW DEPTHS; SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

SEA ICE;

ALGORITHM; BUOYANCY; GRAIN SIZE; ICE THICKNESS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84885099269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20252     Document Type: Article

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