Distributed ice thickness and volume of all glaciers around the globe

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Huss, Matthias ^a   Farinotti, Daniel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTER; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; GLACIER; ICE CAP; ICE THICKNESS; MODEL VALIDATION; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84867638384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JF002523     Document Type: Article

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