Snow distribution patterns on Svalbard glaciers derived from radio-echo soundings

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 393-421

  Grabiec, Mariusz ^a   Puczko, Dariusz ^b   Budzik, Tomasz ^a   Gajek, Grzegorz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; GPR; Nordaustlandet; Snow accumulation; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

ECHO SOUNDING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE CAP; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VALLEY GLACIER;

ARCTIC; NORDAUSTLANDET; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84855494793     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10183-011-0026-4     Document Type: Article

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