Ice velocity mapping of Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica by matching surface undulations measured by ICESat laser altimetry

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 124, Issue , 2012, Pages 251-258

  Lee, Choon Ki ^a   Seo, Ki Weon ^a   Han, Shin Chan ^b,c   Yu, Jaehyung ^d   Scambos, Ted A ^e  

^a Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice velocity; Laser altimetry; Ross Ice Shelf

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MAPPING; ANTARCTIC ICE SHELVES; ANTARCTICA; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; CROSSOVER POINTS; DECELERATION RATE; GEOLOCATIONS; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; ICE CLOUDS; ICE SHELVES; ICE STREAMS; ICE THICKNESS; ICE VELOCITY; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INITIAL VELOCITIES; LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; LASER ALTIMETRY; ROSS ICE SHELVES; SATELLITE RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SURFACE DEFORMATION; SURFACE UNDULATION; TIME VARYING; VELOCITY FIELD;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MAPPING; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; VELOCITY;

ICE;

ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; MAPPING METHOD; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84861993629     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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