Elevation changes (1949-1995) of Black Rapids Glacier, Alaska, derived from a multi-baseline InSAR DEM and historical maps

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 198, 2010, Pages 625-634

  Shugar, Dan H ^a   Rabus, Bernhard T ^a,b   Clague, John J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ACCUMULATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERS-1; ERS-2; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALASKA; ALASKA RANGE; BLACK RAPIDS GLACIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149232234     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214310793146278     Document Type: Article

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