Identification and characterization of alpine subglacial lakes using interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR): Brady Glacier, Alaska, USA

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 199, 2010, Pages 861-870

  Capps, Denny M ^a   Rabus, Bernhard ^a,b   Clague, John J ^a   Shugar, Daniel H ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; ERS-2; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; REMOTE SENSING; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TANDEM-X; VALLEY GLACIER;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551707160     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214310794457254     Document Type: Article

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