Changes of snow cover thickness measured by conventional mass balance methods and by global positioning system surveying

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 767-776

  Theakstone, Wilfred H ^a   Jacobsen, Frank M ^b   Tvis Knudsen, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Global positioning system; Mass balance; Snow probing

Indexed keywords

GPS; ICE THICKNESS; MASS BALANCE; SNOW COVER;

AUSTRE OKSTINDBREEN; NORWAY;

EID: 0033509008     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.1999.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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