Response of Eyjafjallajökull, Torfajökull and Tindfjallajökull ice caps in Iceland to regional warming, deduced by remote sensing

Polar Research

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages

  Gudmundsson, Sverrir ^a   Björnsson, Helgi ^a   Magnússon, Eyjólfur ^a   Berthier, Etienne ^b   Pálsson, Finnur ^a   Gudmundsson, Magnús Tumi ^a   Högnadóttir, Thórdís ^a   Dall, Jørgen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eyjafjallaj kull; Glacier mass balance; Regional warming; Remote sensing; Tindfjallaj kull; Torfaj kull

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR CORRECTION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE CAP; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WARMING;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND; TINDFJALLAJOKULL; TORFAJOKULL;

EID: 79953780388     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.7282     Document Type: Article

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