Winter accumulation in the percolation zone of Greenland measured by airborne radar altimeter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Helm, V ^a   Rack, W ^b   Cullen, R ^c   Nienow, P ^d   Mair, D ^e   Parry, V ^d   Wingham, D J ^f  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; INTERFEROMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ACCUMULATION RATE; AIRBORNE RADAR ALTIMETER SYSTEM; SNOW-DENSITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE GRADIENT;

SNOW;

ACCUMULATION RATE; AIRBORNE SENSING; ALTIMETRY; ICE SHEET; PERCOLATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 34249887426     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL029185     Document Type: Article

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