Greenland flow variability from ice-sheet-wide velocity mapping

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 197, 2010, Pages 415-430

  Joughin, Ian ^a   Smith, Ben E ^a   Howat, Ian M ^b   Scambos, Ted ^c   Moon, Twila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIER SURGE; ICE SHEET; MAPPING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 77956946940     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214310792447734     Document Type: Article

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