Mapping the bathymetry of supraglacial lakes and streams on the Greenland ice sheet using field measurements and high-resolution satellite images

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 215-228

  Legleiter, C J ^a   Tedesco, M ^b   Smith, L C ^c   Behar, A E ^d   Overstreet, B T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Robotics and Intelligent Systems Lab   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84894133083     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-215-2014     Document Type: Article

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