Supraglacial melt channel networks in the Jakobshavn Isbræ region during the 2007 melt season

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 6038-6053

  Lampkin, D J ^a   Vanderberg, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenland ice sheet; Jakobshavn Isbr ; Melt channels; Supraglacial hydrology

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ICE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LAKES;

ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPERS; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HIGHER ORDER NETWORKS; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; PANCHROMATIC IMAGES; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SUPRAGLACIAL CHANNELS; VERTICAL INFILTRATION;

INFILTRATION;

EID: 84914106381     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10085     Document Type: Article

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