Glacier wastage on southern Adelaide Island, Antarctica, and its impact on snow runway operations

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2005, Pages 57-62

  Rivera, A ^a,b   Casassa, G ^a   Thomas, R ^a,c   Rignot, E ^a,d   Zamora, R ^a   Antunez D ^a,e   Acuna C ^a   Ordenes, F ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c EG&G   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Servicio Agricola y Ganadero   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO SOUNDING; GLACIER; GPS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW;

ADELAIDE ISLAND; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33646348477     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756405781813401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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