Effects of subglacial geothermal activity observed by satellite radar interferometry

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1059-1062

  Jónsson, Sigurjón ^a,d,e   Adam, Nico ^b   Björnsson, Helgi ^c  

^a Iceland Geodetic Survey   (Iceland)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE DROP; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THERMAL EFFECTS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; RADAR; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SPACE-BASED RADAR;

SATELLITE RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SUBGLACIAL GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITIES; AXISYMMETRIC MODELING; BEST-FIT MODELS; EARTH REMOTE SENSING; GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITY; GEOTHERMAL AREAS; SURFACE DEPRESSIONS; TEMPERATE GLACIERS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; ICE FLOW; JOKULHLAUP; SAR; SUBGLACIAL ACTIVITY; UPLIFT;

ICELAND; VATNAJOKULL;

EID: 0032047274     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL50567     Document Type: Article

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