Velocity structure, flow instability and mass flux on a large Arctic ice cap from satellite radar interferometry

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 131-140

  Dowdeswell, J A ^a   Unwin, B ^b   Nuttall, A M ^a   Wingham, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ice movement; Interferometry; Mass movements; Satellite measurements; Svalbard, ice caps; Unsteady flow; Velocity structure

Indexed keywords

ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0033561716     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00034-5     Document Type: Article

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