Synthetic aperture radar measurements of a retreating firn line on a temperate icecap

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-160

  Brown, Ian A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hydrology; ice; scattering; synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE STUDIES; DRY SNOW; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FIRN LINE; GLACIER MONITORING; LOWER LIMITS; MULTI-TEMPORAL SAR; RADIOMETRIC RESPONSE; RADIOMETRIC SIGNALS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGES;

DATA FUSION; HYDROLOGY; ICE; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

GLACIER; GLACIOLOGY; ICE CAP; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

NORWAY;

EID: 84857719862     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2011.2167601     Document Type: Article

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