Observations of enhanced thinning in the upper reaches of Svalbard glaciers

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1369-1381

  James, T D ^a   Murray, T ^a   Barrand, N E ^b   Sykes, H J ^a   Fox, A J ^b   King, M A ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ALTIMETRY; ALTITUDE; ARCHIPELAGO; CATCHMENT; CLIMATOLOGY; GEODETIC DATUM; GLACIER ADVANCE; MASS BALANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THINNING; TIME SERIES; WEATHER STATION;

ARCTIC; LONGYEARBYEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84870050149     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-1369-2012     Document Type: Article

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