Surge-related topographic change of the glacier Sortebræ, East Greenland, derived from synthetic aperture radar interferometry

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 49, Issue 166, 2003, Pages 381-390

  Pritchard, Hamish ^a,b   Murray, Tavi ^a   Strozzi, Tazio ^b,c   Barr, Stuart ^a   Luckman, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GAMMA REMOTE SENSING   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER SURGE; ICEBERG CALVING; INTERFEROMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 1842760586     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756503781830593     Document Type: Article

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