Ice elevations and surface change on the Malaspina Glacier, Alaska

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Sauber, Jeanne ^a   Molnia, B ^b   Carabajal, C ^a   Luthcke, S ^a   Muskett, R ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; ICE; LASERS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OBSERVATORIES; SATELLITES;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); ICE ELEVATIONS; ICE, CLOUD AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITE (ICESAT); SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION (SRTM); SURFACE CHANGE;

GEOPHYSICS;

ELEVATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 31544448546     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023943     Document Type: Article

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