Simulated effects of a snow layer on retrieval of CryoSat-2 sea ice freeboard

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 5014-5020

  Kwok, R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; CryoSat 2; sea ice freeboard; snow layer

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SNOW; SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CRYOSAT-2; INTERFEROMETRIC RADARS; PROPAGATION SPEED; RANGE RESOLUTION; RELATIVE SCATTERING; SNOW LAYER; TRACKING APPROACHES;

SEA ICE;

CRYOSAT-2; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; PARAMETERIZATION; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SIMULATION; SNOW COVER; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904273885     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060993     Document Type: Article

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