Investigation of correlations between variations of radar backscatter with altimeter-derived ice sheet elevation changes and ERS-2/ERS-1 biases

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 461, 2000, Pages 1450-1460

  Brenner, Anita C ^a   Zwally, H Jay ^a   Cornejo, Helen G ^a   Saba, Jack L ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE SHEETS; WAVEFORM AMPLITUDES;

BACKSCATTERING; ICE; ORBITS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT;

RADAR;

EID: 0347361364     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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