Two methods for firn-area and mass-balance monitoring of Svalbard glaciers with SAR satellite images

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 168, 2004, Pages 116-128

  König, Max ^a   Winther, Jan Gunnar ^a   Kohler, Jack ^a   König, Florian ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRN; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WORLD;

EID: 11244254915     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756504781830286     Document Type: Article

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