Seasonal speed-up of two outlet glaciers of Austfonna, Svalbard, inferred from continuous GPS measurements

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 453-466

  Dunse, T ^a   Schuler, T V ^a   Hagen, J O ^a   Reijmer, C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER FLOW; GPS; ICE CAP; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; STEADY FLOW; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

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

EID: 84859716149     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-453-2012     Document Type: Article

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