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12 Aug 2015
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| 12 Aug 2015
Melt pond fraction and spectral sea ice albedo retrieval from MERIS data – Part 1: Validation against in situ, aerial, and ship cruise data
L. Istomina
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
G. Heygster
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
M. Huntemann
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
P. Schwarz
Department of Environmental Meteorology, University of Trier, Trier, Germany
G. Birnbaum
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
R. Scharien
Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
C. Polashenski
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Engineer Research and Development Center, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
D. Perovich
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Engineer Research and Development Center, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
E. Zege
B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
A. Malinka
B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
A. Prikhach
B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
I. Katsev
B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
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