An integrated system for optical imaging of ice cores

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-228

  McGwire, Kenneth C ^a   Hargreaves, Geoffrey M ^b   Alley, Richard B ^c   Popp, Trevor J ^a   Reusch, David B ^c   Spencer, Matthew K ^c   Taylor, Kendrick C ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b National Ice Core Laboratory   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cores; Drilling; Glaciers; Ice; Image processing; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GLACIERS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; SCANNING;

ICE CORE; METADATA CAPTURE;

ICE;

DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE; GLACIER; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 44649174998     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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