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Airborne measurements carried out with a radiometer system at 5, 17 and 34 GHz in the Greenland area have been used for derivation of sea ice signatures. A fixed, profiling antenna system, having equal, overlapping footprints, was used on some flights, while a scanning antenna producing high resolution imagery, was used on others. A great variety of sea ice conditions have been experienced: different ice concentrations, large single floes of first-year ice and multiyear ice, thin new ice and various combinations of these ice types.
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Skou, N. (1981). Microwave Signatures of Sea Ice Based on Airborne Radiometer Measurements. In: Gower, J.F.R. (eds) Oceanography from Space. Marine Science, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3315-9_93
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