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Interaction of oil with sea ice. Appendix 4. The Bering Sea ice cover during March 1979: comparison of surface and satellite data with the Nimbus-7 smmr (scanning multichannel microwave radiometer)

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6442012
During March 1979, field operations were carried out in the Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) of the Bering Sea. This report presents the results of a comparison between surface and aircraft observations, and images from the Tiros-N satellite, with ice concentrations derived from the microwave radiances of the Nimbus-7 Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer.
Research Organization:
National Ocean Service, Anchorage, AK (USA). Ocean Assessments Div.
OSTI ID:
6442012
Report Number(s):
PB-87-191995/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English