Monitoring ice shelf velocities from repeat MODIS and Landsat data - A method study on the Larsen∼C ice shelf, Antarctic Peninsula, and 10 other ice shelves around Antarctica

Cryosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-178

  Haug, T ^a   Kaab A ^a   Skvarca, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ICE SHELF; LANDSAT; MODIS; MONITORING; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77952060844     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-4-161-2010     Document Type: Article

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