Satellite retrieval of mass balance: Comparing SAR images with albedo images and in situ mass-balance observations

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 49, Issue 166, 2003, Pages 437-448

  De Ruyter de Wildt, Martijn S ^a   Oerlemans, Johannes ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; AVHRR; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MASS BALANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; VATNAJOKULL;

EID: 1842715109     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756503781830548     Document Type: Article

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