How do sea-ice concentrations from operational data compare with passive microwave estimates? Implications for improved model evaluations and forecasting

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 69, 2015, Pages 332-340

  Meier, Walter N ^a   Fetterer, Florence ^b   Stewart, J Scott ^b   Helfrich, Sean ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c US National Ice Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Remote sensing; Sea Ice; Sea ice modelling

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA QUALITY; FORECASTING METHOD; MAPPING; NAVIGATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEA ICE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 84932649058     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2015AoG69A694     Document Type: Article

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