Quantification of Everest region glacier velocities between 1992 and 2002, using satellite radar interferometry and feature tracking

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 192, 2009, Pages 596-606

  Quincey, D J ^a   Luckman, A ^b   Benn, D ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CATCHMENT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HYPSOMETRY; MORAINE; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; STAGNATION FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLAND REGION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; KANGSHUNG GLACIER; KHUMBU HIMAL; XIZANG;

EID: 70350145698     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309789470987     Document Type: Article

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