MODIS-derived albedo changes of Vatnajökull (Iceland) due to tephradeposition from the 2004 Grímsvötn eruption

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 256-269

  Möller, Rebecca ^a   Möller, Marco ^a   Björnsson, Helgi ^b   Gudmundsson, Sverrir ^b   Pálsson, Finnur ^b   Oddsson, Björn ^b   Kukla, Peter A ^a   Schneider, Christoph ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Glacier surface albedo; Ice volcano interactions; Iceland; Remote sensing; Subglacial eruption; Tephra fallout

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE CAP; ICE CORE; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

GRIMSVOTN; ICELAND; VATNAJOKULL;

EID: 84897831959     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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