First-year sea ice melt pond fraction estimation from dual-polarisation C-band SAR – Part 1: In situ observations
Understanding the evolution of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice is important for climate model parameterisations, weather forecast models and process studies involving mass, energy and biogeochemical exchanges across the ocean–sea ice–atmosphere interface. A field campaign was conducted in a region of l...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-11-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/2147/2014/tc-8-2147-2014.pdf |