Greenland snow accumulation estimates from satellite radar scatterometer data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D24, 2001, Pages 33935-33950

  Drinkwater, Mark R ^a   Long, David G ^b   Bingham, Andrew W ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERS-2; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0035728579     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD900107     Document Type: Article

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