Retrieval of arctic sea ice parameters by satellite passive microwave sensors: A comparison of eleven sea ice concentration algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7233-7246

  Ivanova, Natalia ^a   Johannessen, Ola M ^a,b   Pedersen, Leif Toudal ^c   Tonboe, Rasmus T ^c  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b Nansen Scientific Society   (Norway)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Algorithms; arctic regions; microwave radiometry; remote sensing; sea ice concentration

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC REGIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; SATELLITE PASSIVE MICROWAVE; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL UNCERTAINTY;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SENSOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84902078003     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2014.2310136     Document Type: Article

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