Surface velocity and ice discharge of the ice cap on King George Island, Antarctica

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 63, 2013, Pages 111-119

  Osmanoglu B ^a   Braun, M ^a,b   Hock, R ^a,c   Navarro, F J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE CAP; ICE COVER; ICE FLOW; SEA ICE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRACKING;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 84880381477     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG63A517     Document Type: Article

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