Ice velocity changes in the Ross and Ronne sectors observed using satellite radar data from 1997 and 2009

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1019-1030

  Scheuchl, B ^a   Mouginot, J ^a   Rignot, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; ICE STREAM; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ANTARCTICA; RONNE ICE SHELF; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84867535009     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-1019-2012     Document Type: Review

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