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Tonboe, L. Kaleschke, G. Heygster, and L. T. Pedersen. 2007. Intercomparison of Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration Retrievals over the High-Concentration Arctic Sea Ice. J. Geophys. Res., 112, C08004, doi:10.1029/2006JC003543.

Belchansky, G. I., and D. C. Douglas. 2002. Seasonal Comparisons of Sea Ice Concentration Estimates Derived from SSM/I, OKEAN, and RADARSAT Data. Rem. Sens. Environ., 81: 67-81.

Carsey, F. D. (Ed.). 1992. Microwave Remote Sensing of Sea Ice. American Geophysical Union, 462 pp.

Cavalieri, D., C. Parkinson, N. DiGirolamo, A. Ivanov (2011). Intersensor calibration between F13 SSM/I and F17 SSMIS for global sea ice data records. IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 9(2), 233-236, doi:10.1109/LGRS.2011.2166754.

Cavalieri, D., C. Parkinson, P. Gloersen, J. Comiso, and H. J. Zwally (1999). Deriving Long-term Time Series of Sea Ice Cover from Satellite Passive-microwave Multisensor Data Sets. J. of Geophys. Res., 104(C7):15,803-15,814.

Cavalieri, D. J., C. L. Parkinson. 1997. Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentrations from Multichannel Passive-Microwave Satellite Data Sets: October 1978 - September 1995 - User's Guide. NASA Technical Memorandum 104647. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.

Cavalieri, D. J., P. Gloersen, and W. J. Campbell. 1984. Determination of Sea Ice Parameters with the NIMBUS-7 SMMR. J. Geophys. Res., 89(D4): 5355-5369.

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Comiso, J. C., and F. Nishio. 2008. Trends in the Sea Ice Cover Using Enhanced and Compatible AMSR-E, SSM/I, and SMMR Data. J. of Geophys. Res., 113, C02S07, doi:10.1029/2007JC0043257.

Comiso, J. C., D. Cavalieri, C. Parkinson, and P. Gloersen. 1997. Passive Microwave Algorithms for Sea Ice Concentrations: A Comparison of Two Techniques. Rem. Sens. of the Environ., 60(3):357-384.

Comiso, J. C. 1986. Characteristics of Arctic Winter Sea Ice from Satellite Multispectral Microwave Observations. J. Geophys. Res., 91(C1): 975-994.

Eaton B., J. Gregory, H. Centre, B. Drach, K. Taylor, and S. Hankin. 2010. NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Conventions Version 1.5. Programs for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison. 81 pp. http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.5/cf-conventions.pdf. Accessed Sep. 2011.

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Gloersen, P., W. J. Campbell, D. J. Cavalieri, J. C. Comiso, C. L. Parkinson, and H. J. Zwally. 1993. Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice, 1978-1987: Satellite Passive-Microwave Observations and Analysis. NASA Spec. Publ. 511, 290 pp.

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Meier, W. N., G. Peng, D. J. Scott, and M. H. Savoie. 2014. Verification of a new NOAA/NSIDC passive microwave sea-ice concentration climate record. Polar Research 33. doi:10.3402/polar.v33.21004.

Meier, W. N., M. Savoie, and S. Mallory. 2011, updated 2017. CDR Climate Algorithm and Theoretical Basis Document: Sea Ice Concentration, Rev. 5. ed. F. Fetterer and A. Windnagel. NOAA NCDC CDR Program.

Meier, W. N., and S. J. S. Khalsa. 2011. Intersensor Calibration between F13 SSM/I and F17 SSMIS Near-Real-Time Sea Ice Estimates. Geoscience and Remote Sensing 49(9): 3343-3349.

Meier, W. N. 2005. Comparison of Passive Microwave Ice Concentration Algorithm Retrievals with AVHRR Imagery in Arctic Peripheral Seas. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 43(6): 1324-1337.

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Peng, G., W. N. Meier, D. J. Scott, and M. H. Savoie. 2013. A long-term and reproducible passive microwave sea ice concentration data record for climate studies and monitoring. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 5: 311-318. doi: 10.5194/essd-5-311-2013.

Steffen, K., J. Key, D. J. Cavalieri, J. Comiso, P. Gloersen, K. St. Germain, and I. Rubinstein. 1992. The Estimation of Geophysical Parameters using Passive Microwave Algorithms, in "Microwave Remote Sensing of Sea Ice." F.D. Carsey, ed., American Geophysical Union Monograph 68, Washington, DC:201-231.

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