Using SAR offset-tracking approach to estimate surface motion of the South Inylchek Glacier in Tianshan

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1226-1236

  Li, Jia ^a   Li, Zhi Wei ^a   Wang, Chang Cheng ^a   Zhu, Jian Jun ^a   Ding, Xiao Li ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Flow velocity; Glacier; Mass balance; Offset tracking; South Inylchek

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIERS; MOTION ESTIMATION; RADAR IMAGING; SAMPLING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CONTINUOUS SURFACE; DISPLACEMENT FIELD; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; MASS BALANCE; OFFSET TRACKING; SOUTH INYLCHEK; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT MAPS; TEMPORAL CONTINUITY;

VELOCITY;

ABLATION; DISPLACEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MASS BALANCE; NONLINEARITY; SAMPLING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84878872388     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: 08989591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6038/cjg20130417     Document Type: Article

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