Geodetic mass balance of the western Svartisen ice cap, Norway, in the periods 1968-1985 and 1985-2002

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 50, 2009, Pages 119-125

  Haug, Torborg ^a   Rolstad, Cecilie ^a   Elvehøy, Hallgeir ^b   Jackson, Miriam ^b   Maalen Johansen, Ivar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DENSITY; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEODESY; GLACIER; ICE CAP; MASS BALANCE; MELT; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SNOW COVER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 64549143791     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409787769528     Document Type: Article

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