Variability of fast-ice thickness in Spitsbergen fjords

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2006, Pages 231-239

  Gerland, Sebastian ^a   Hall, Richard ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Applied Deep Learning DevOps Team   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; FJORD; ICE THICKNESS; SEA ICE; SNOW;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 34248995207     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756406781811367     Document Type: Conference Paper

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