Uncertainties in Antarctic sea-ice thickness retrieval from ICESat

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 69, 2015, Pages 107-119

  Kern, Stefan ^a   Spreen, Gunnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Remote sensing; Sea ice; Snow

Indexed keywords

AMSR-E; GLACIOLOGY; ICE THICKNESS; ICESAT; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SNOW COVER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84932600024     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2015AoG69A736     Document Type: Article

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