Validation of SMOS sea ice thickness retrieval in the northern Baltic Sea

The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission observes brightness temperatures at a low microwave frequency of 1.4 GHz (L-band) with a daily coverage of the polar regions. L-band radiometry has been shown to provide information on the thickness of thin sea ice. Here, we apply a new emission mo...

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Main Authors: Nina Maaß, Lars Kaleschke, Xiangshan Tian–kunze, Marko Mäkynen, Matthias Drusch, Thomas Krumpen, Stefan Hendricks, Mikko Lensu, Jari Haapala, Christian Haas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015-02-01
Series:Tellus: Series A, Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.tellusa.net/index.php/tellusa/article/view/24617/pdf_13