Ultralow Surface Temperatures in East Antarctica From Satellite Thermal Infrared Mapping: The Coldest Places on Earth

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 6124-6133

  Scambos, T A ^a   Campbell, G G ^a   Pope, A ^a   Haran, T ^a   Muto, A ^b   Lazzara, M ^c   Reijmer, C H ^d   van den Broeke, M R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Temple University   (United States)

^c Madison Area Technical College   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

air temperature inversion; Antarctica; remote sensing; snow and ice; surface temperature; thermal mapping

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTARCTICA; SNOW AND ICE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL MAPPING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLEAR SKY; COLD AIR; COOLING; DOWNWELLING; LANDSAT; MAPPING METHOD; POLAR VORTEX; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW COVER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 85049841492     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2018GL078133     Document Type: Article

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