A new surface accumulation map for western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, from interpolation of point measurements

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 53, Issue 182, 2007, Pages 385-398

  Rotschky, Gerit ^a   Holmlund, Per ^b   Isaksson, Elisabeth ^c   Mulvaney, Robert ^d   Oerter, Hans ^a   Van den Broeke, Michiel R ^e   Winther, Jan Gunnar ^c  

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

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; GIS; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 34547155893     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214307783258459     Document Type: Article

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