Detection of crevasses over polar ice shelves using Satellite Laser Altimeter

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1267-1277

  Liu, Yan ^a   Cheng, Xiao ^a   Hui, FengMing ^a   Wang, XianWei ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Cheng, Cheng ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE   (China)

Author keywords

crevasse; depth detection; ice shelves; ICESat 1 GLAS; satellite laser altimeter

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CRACK TIPS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SEA LEVEL;

AMERY ICE SHELF; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; CREVASSE; ICE SHELVES; ICESAT-1/GLAS; LOCAL STRESS CONCENTRATION; SATELLITE LASER ALTIMETERS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ICE;

CREVASSE; ICE BREAKUP; ICE SHELF; ICESAT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMERY ICE SHELF; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84901280981     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-013-4796-x     Document Type: Article

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