Interferometric SAR observations of ice topography and velocity changes related to the 1996, Gjálp subglacial eruption, Iceland

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 20, Issue 15-16, 1999, Pages 3031-3050

  Alsdorf, D E ^a   Smith, L C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT FLUX; ICE; INTERFEROMETRY; LAKES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; VOLCANOES;

ICE TOPOGRAPHY; MELTWATER; VELOCITY FIELD MAPS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ICE CAP; ICE COVER; ICE MOVEMENT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ICELAND; VATNAJOKULL;

EID: 0033569088     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311699211606     Document Type: Article

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