Surge dynamics in the nathorstbreen glacier system, Svalbard

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 623-638

  Sund, M ^a,b   Lauknes, T R ^c   Eiken, T ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c Norut   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSPHERE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER SURGE; GLACIOLOGY; ICEBERG CALVING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARCTIC; NATHORSTBREEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84898624170     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-623-2014     Document Type: Article

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