A long-term and reproducible passive microwave sea ice concentration data record for climate studies and monitoring

Earth System Science Data

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 311-318

  Peng, G ^a   Meier, W N ^b   Scott, D J ^c   Savoie, M H ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 84893003200     PISSN: 18663508     EISSN: 18663516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/essd-5-311-2013     Document Type: Article

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