Automated remote sensing of sediment plumes for identification of runoff from the Greenland ice sheet

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 210, 2012, Pages 699-712

  Tedstone, Andrew J ^a,b   Arnold, Neil S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FJORD; GEOMETRY; ICE SHEET; MODIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84865595815     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG11J204     Document Type: Article

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