A ground-based radar backscatter investigation in the percolation zone of the Greenland ice sheet

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-373

  Scott, Julian B T ^a   Mair, Doug ^b   Nienow, Pete ^a   Parry, Victoria ^a   Morris, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greenland; Ice sheet; Radar backscatter

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ICE; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

GREENLAND; ICE SHEET; RADAR BACKSCATTER; SHALLOW CORES;

BACKSCATTERING;

BACKSCATTER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; ICE SHEET; PERCOLATION; RADAR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 33947324654     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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