Recent fluctuations in the extent of the firn area of Austfonna, Svalbard, inferred from GPR

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 50, 2009, Pages 155-162

  Dunse, Thorben ^a   Schuler, Thomas Vikhamar ^a,b   Hagen, Jon Ove ^a   Eiken, Trond ^a   Brandt, Ola ^c   Høgda, Kjell Arild ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d Norut IT   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; FACIES; FIRN; GLACIER; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE CAP; MAPPING METHOD; MASS BALANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC; AUSTFONNA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 64549158056     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409787769780     Document Type: Article

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