Multi-Decadal Variability of Polynya Characteristics and Ice Production in the North Water Polynya by Means of Passive Microwave and Thermal Infrared Satellite Imagery

The North Water (NOW) Polynya is a regularly-forming area of open-water and thin-ice, located between northwestern Greenland and Ellesmere Island (Canada) at the northern tip of Baffin Bay. Due to its large spatial extent, it is of high importance for a variety of physical and biological processes,...

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Main Authors: Andreas Preußer, Günther Heinemann, Sascha Willmes, Stephan Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-11-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/7/12/15807