Surge-front propagation and velocities during the early-1993-95 surge of Bering Glacier, Alaska, U.S.A., from sequential SAR imagery

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2003, Pages 37-44

  Roush, James J ^a   Lingle, Craig S ^a   Guritz, Richard M ^a   Fatland, Dennis R ^a,b   Voronina, Vera A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Vexcel Corporation   (United States)

^c SAP RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER SURGE; ICEBERG CALVING; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ALASKA; BERING GLACIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042354580     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781816266     Document Type: Article

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