Arctic sea ice freeboard from AltiKa and comparison with CryoSat-2 and Operation IceBridge

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 6724-6731

  Armitage, Thomas W K ^a   Ridout, Andy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AltiKa; altimetry; CryoSat 2; radar penetration; sea ice

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; RADAR EQUIPMENT; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SEA ICE; SNOW;

ALTIKA; ALTIMETRY; CRYOSAT; FIRST-YEAR ICES; RADAR INTERACTIONS; SATELLITE RADAR; SEA-ICE THICKNESS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

AIRBORNE SENSOR; ALTIMETRY; CRYOSAT; ECHOLOCATION; ICE THICKNESS; RADAR; SEA ICE; SNOWPACK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84941735420     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064823     Document Type: Article

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