In situ measurements of snow surface roughness using a laser profiler

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 187, 2008, Pages 733-762

  Lacroix, Pascal ^a   Legresy B ^a   Langley, K ^b   Hamran, S E ^b   Kohler, J ^c   Roques, S ^d   Remy F ^a   Dechambre, M ^e  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; GPS; ICE COVER; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LASER METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; POLAR REGION; PROFILER; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WAVELENGTH;

ARCTIC; MIDRE LOVENBREEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 57049086946     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214308786570863     Document Type: Article

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