34 year satellite time series to monitor characteristics, extent and dynamics of Larsen B Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 29, Issue , 1999, Pages 255-260

  Skvarca, Pedro ^a   Rack, Wolfgang ^b   Rott, Helmut ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE MOVEMENT; ICE SHELF; ICEBERG CALVING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF;

EID: 0033500626     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756499781821283     Document Type: Conference Paper

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