Space geodesy as a tool for measuring ice surface velocity in the Dome C region and along the ITASE traverse

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2004, Pages 402-408

  Vittuari, Luca ^a   Vincent, Christian ^b   Frezzotti, Massimo ^c   Mancini, Francesco ^a   Gandolfi, Stefano ^a   Bitelli, Gabriele ^a   Capra, Alessandro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; GEODESY; GLACIOLOGY; ICE CORE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 23844511127     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814627     Document Type: Article

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