Spatial variation of englacial radar attenuation: Modeling approach and application to the Vostok flowline

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  MacGregor, Joseph A ^a   Matsuoka, Kenichi ^b   Waddington, Edwin D ^c   Winebrenner, Dale P ^c   Pattyn, Frank ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; ICE CORE; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84865480161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002327     Document Type: Article

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