Unusual surface morphology from digital elevation models of the Greenland ice sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3623-3626

  Ekholm, Simon ^a,c   Keller, Kristian ^a,b   Bamber, Jonathan L ^a,c   Prasad Gogineni, S ^a,b  

^a Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEM); ICE SHEETS;

GLACIERS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE SHEET; MORPHOLOGY;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0032194103     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02589     Document Type: Article

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