An improved CryoSat-2 sea ice freeboard retrieval algorithm through the use of waveform fitting

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1217-1237

  Kurtz, N T ^a   Galin, N ^b,c   Studinger, M ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CRYOSAT-2; ICE COVER; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904361180     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-1217-2014     Document Type: Article

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