Airborne and spaceborne DEM-and laser altimetry-derived surface elevation and volume changes of the Bering Glacier system, Alaska, USA, and Yukon, Canada, 1972-2006

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 190, 2009, Pages 316-326

  Muskett, Reginald R ^a   Lingle, Craig S ^a   Sauber, Jeanne M ^b   Post, Austin S ^c   Tangborn, Wendell V ^d   Rabus, Bernhard T ^e   Echelmeyer, Keith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c HyMet Inc ^*  (United States)

^d HyMet Inc   (United States)

^e MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ALTIMETRY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIER; HYDROLOGY; LASER METHOD; MODIS; OUTBURST;

ALASKA; BERING GLACIER; CANADA; CHUGACH MOUNTAINS; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VITUS LAKE; YUKON TERRITORY;

JUNIPERUS;

EID: 67650904802     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309788608750     Document Type: Article

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