MODIS observed increase in duration and spatial extent of sediment plumes in Greenland fjords

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1161-1176

  Hudson, B ^a   Overeem, I ^a   McGrath, D ^a   Syvitski, J P M ^a   Mikkelsen, A ^b   Hasholt, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; FJORD; FRESHWATER INPUT; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ICE SHEET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODIS; RIVER PLUME; RUNOFF; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TERRA (SATELLITE);

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84904303780     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-1161-2014     Document Type: Article

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