Recent elevation changes of Svalbard glaciers derived from ICESat laser altimetry

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2756-2767

  Moholdt, Geir ^a   Nuth, Christopher ^a   Hagen, Jon Ove ^a   Kohler, Jack ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Elevation changes; Glaciers; Ice caps; ICESat; Laser altimetry; Mass balance; Sea level change; Svalbard; Volume changes

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION CHANGES; ICE CAPS; ICESAT; LASER ALTIMETRY; MASS BALANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SVALBARD; VOLUME CHANGE;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; GLACIERS; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; SEA LEVEL; SNOW;

ICE;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION; GEODESY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE CAP; ICE THICKNESS; ICESAT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERPOLATION; LASER; MASS BALANCE; MONITORING SYSTEM; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VOLUME CHANGE;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 77956172297     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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