The newly developed airborne radio-echo sounding system of the AWI as a glaciological tool

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 29, Issue , 1999, Pages 231-238

  Nixdorf, U ^a   Steinhage, D ^a   Meyer, U ^a   Hempel, L ^a,d   Jenett, M ^b   Wachs, P ^c   Miller, H ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Aerodata Flugme technik GmbH   (Germany)

^d Danet GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ECHO SOUNDING; GLACIOLOGY; ICE THICKNESS; REMOTE SENSING; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033493830     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756499781821346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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