A method to determine lake depth and water availability on the North Slope of Alaska with spaceborne imaging radar and numerical ice growth modelling

Arctic

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 367-374

  Jeffries, M O ^a   Morris, K ^a   Liston, G E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaskan North Slope; lake depth; lake ice; Synthetic Aperture Radar; water availability

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; ICE GROWTH; ICE MODEL; LAKE DEPTH; LAKE ICE; SAR;

USA, ALASKA, NORTH SLOPE;

EID: 0030303690     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1212     Document Type: Article

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