Precise measurement of changes in ice-shelf thickness by phase-sensitive radar to determine basal melt rates

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Corr, H F J ^a   Jenkins, A ^a   Nicholls, K W ^a   Doake, C S M ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

CHANGE IN THICKNESS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; PHASE SENSITIVE; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT TIME INTERVALS; SURFACE ACCUMULATION; SURFACE MARKERS;

ICE;

EID: 0037092351     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014618     Document Type: Article

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