The accuracy of digital elevation models of the Antarctic continent

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 516-523

  Bamber, Jonathan ^a   Gomez Dans, Jose Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Digital elevation model; ICESat; Satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

GLACIERS; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; RANDOM ERRORS; SATELLITES; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 24144469785     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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