Glacier dynamics in the Canadian High Arctic from RADARSAT-1 speckle tracking

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-239

  Short, N H ^a   Gray, A L ^b  

^a Noetix Research Inc   (Canada)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE; SPECKLE; SURFACES; VELOCITY;

MASS-BALANCE TRENDS; SPECKLE TRACKING TECHNIQUES; SURFACE VELOCITIES;

GLACIERS;

EID: 30644465948     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m05-010     Document Type: Article

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