Seasonal evolution of supraglacial lake volume from aster imagery

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 52, 2009, Pages 95-100

  Georgiou, S ^a   Shepherd, A ^a   Mcmillan, M ^a   Nienow, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTER; DRAINAGE; GLACIAL LAKE; ICE SHEET; LIDAR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWMELT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 70350109204     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409789624328     Document Type: Article

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