Changes in geometry and subglacial drainage of midre Lovénbreen, Svalbard, determined from digital elevation models

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-298

  Rippin, David ^a   Willis, Ian ^a   Arnold, Neil ^a   Hodson, Andrew ^b   Moore, John ^c   Kohler, Jack ^d   Björnsson, Helgi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models; Mass balance; Polythermal glacier; Subglacial drainage; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; DRAINAGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLACIERS; MORPHOLOGY;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEM);

LANDFORMS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0037354045     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.485     Document Type: Article

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