Ice flow physical processes derived from the ERS-1 high-resolution map of the Antarctica and Greenland ice sheets

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 645-656

  Rémy, Frédérique ^a   Shaeffer, Philippe ^b   Legrésy, Benoît ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

^b CLS   (France)

Author keywords

Rheology; Satellite geodesy; Topography

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; ICE SHEET; REMOTE SENSING; RHEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND;

EID: 0342288675     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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