Instruments and Methods Glacier velocities from time-lapse photos: Technique development and first results from the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) in Greenland

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 198, 2010, Pages 723-734

  Ahn, Yushin ^a   Box, Jason E ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; ELEVATION; GLACIER; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TERRAIN; VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 78149244556     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214310793146313     Document Type: Article

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