Small-scale spatio-temporal characteristics of accumulation rates in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 185, 2008, Pages 315-323

  Anschütz, Helgard ^a,c   Steinhage, Daniel ^a   Eisen, Olaf ^a   Oerter, Hans ^a   Horwath, Martin ^b   Ruth, Urs ^a  

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

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ELEVATION; FIRN; GRAVIMETRY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE CORE; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 46949099040     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214308784886243     Document Type: Article

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