Three-dimensional mapping by CryoSat-2 of subglacial lake volume changes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4321-4327

  McMillan, Malcolm ^a   Corr, Hugh ^b   Shepherd, Andrew ^a   Ridout, Andrew ^c   Laxon, Seymour ^c   Cullen, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antarctica; CryoSat 2; ICESat; radar altimetry; SARin; subglacial lake

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CRYOSAT-2; ICESAT; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SARIN; SUBGLACIAL LAKES;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; GLACIERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LAKES;

ICE;

CRYOSAT-2; DATA SET; GLACIAL LAKE; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; RADAR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLUME;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84883092643     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50689     Document Type: Article

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