Climatology of the Nordic (Irminger, Greenland, Barents, Kara and White/Pechora) Seas ice cover based on 85 GHz satellite microwave radiometry: 1992–2008

S. Kern; L. Kaleschke; G. Spreen

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2009.00457.x

Climatology of the Nordic (Irminger, Greenland, Barents, Kara and White/Pechora) Seas ice cover based on 85 GHz satellite microwave radiometry: 1992–2008

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By: S. Kern, L. Kaleschke and G. Spreen

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