ASPECTS OF ARCTIC SEA ICE OBSERVABLE BY SEQUENTIAL PASSIVE MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS FROM THE NIMBUS-5 SATELLITE.
By: William J. Campbell, Per Gloersen, and H. Jay Zwally
Edited by: Dyer IraChryssostomidis Chryssostomos
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Abstract
Observations made from 1972 to 1976 with the Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer on board the Nimbus-5 satellite provide sequential synoptic information of the Arctic sea ice cover. This four-year data set was used to construct a fairly continuous series of three-day average 19-GHz passive microwave images which has become a valuable source of polar information, yielding many anticipated and unanticipated discoveries of the sea ice canopy observed in its entirety through the clouds and during the polar night. Short-term, seasonal, and annual variations of key sea ice parameters, such as ice edge position, ice types, mixtures of ice types, ice concentrations, and snow melt on the ice, are presented for various parts of the Arctic.
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Campbell, W., Gloersen, P., Zwally, H., 1984, ASPECTS OF ARCTIC SEA ICE OBSERVABLE BY SEQUENTIAL PASSIVE MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS FROM THE NIMBUS-5 SATELLITE., Arctic Technology and Policy, Proceedings of the Second Annual MIT Sea Grant College Program Lecture and Seminar and the Third Annual Robert Bruce Wallace Lecture., Cambridge, MA, Engl, p. 197-222.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | ASPECTS OF ARCTIC SEA ICE OBSERVABLE BY SEQUENTIAL PASSIVE MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS FROM THE NIMBUS-5 SATELLITE. |
| ISBN | 0891163611 |
| Year Published | 1984 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Hemisphere Publ Corp |
| Publisher location | Washington, DC, USA |
| First page | 197 |
| Last page | 222 |
| Conference Title | Arctic Technology and Policy, Proceedings of the Second Annual MIT Sea Grant College Program Lecture and Seminar and the Third Annual Robert Bruce Wallace Lecture. |
| Conference Location | Cambridge, MA, Engl |