Ice velocity measurements of langjökull, Iceland, from interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR)

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 193, 2009, Pages 834-838

  Palmer, Steven ^a   Shepherd, Andrew ^a   Björnsson, Helgi ^b   Pálsson, Finnur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Earth Sciences   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; GLACIER; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER SURGE; GPS; ICE CAP; ICE FLOW; INTERFEROMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ICELAND; LANGJOKULL;

EID: 75449096805     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309790152573     Document Type: Article

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