InSAR observations of ice elevation and velocity fluctuations at the Flade Isblink ice cap, eastern North Greenland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Palmer, Steven J ^a   Shepherd, Andrew ^a   Sundal, Aud ^a   Rinnem, Eero ^b   Nienow, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERS-1; ERS-2; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE CAP; ICE MECHANICS; ICE MOVEMENT; ICESAT; INTERFEROMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 78650564270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JF001686     Document Type: Article

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