Utilisation of Cryosat-2 SAR altimeter in operational ice charting

Cryosphere

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 121-131

  Rinne, E ^a   Simila M ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; CLASSIFICATION; CRYOSAT; ICE COVER; OPEN OCEAN; REAL TIME; SEA ICE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; KARA SEA;

EID: 84986624802     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-10-121-2016     Document Type: Article

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