Low-frequency radar sounding of temperate ice masses in Southern Alaska

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 5399-5405

  Rignot, E ^a,b   Mouginot, J ^a   Larsen, C F ^c   Gim, Y ^b   Kirchner, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; bed topography; glaciology; mass balance; radar; thickness

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; BED TOPOGRAPHY; GLACIOLOGY; MASS BALANCE; THICKNESS;

RADAR; SEA LEVEL;

ICE;

BED ROUGHNESS; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOLOGY; ICE FIELD; ICE THICKNESS; PIEDMONT; RADAR; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ALASKA; BERING GLACIER; COLUMBIA GLACIER; HUBBARD GLACIER; MALASPINA GLACIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885501222     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057452     Document Type: Article

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