Rapid dynamic activation of a marine-based Arctic ice cap

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 8902-8909

  McMillan, Malcolm ^a   Shepherd, Andrew ^a,b   Gourmelen, Noel ^c   Dehecq, Amaury ^d   Leeson, Amber ^a   Ridout, Andrew ^b   Flament, Thomas ^a   Hogg, Anna ^a   Gilbert, Lin ^b   Benham, Toby ^e   Van Den Broeke, Michiel ^f   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^e   Fettweis, Xavier ^g   Noël, Brice ^f   Strozzi, Tazio ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Université de Savoie   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^h GAMMA REMOTE SENSING   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

altimetry; Austfonna; dynamic instability; ice cap; InSAR; mass balance

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; SNOW;

ALTIMETRY; AUSTFONNA; DYNAMIC INSTABILITY; ICE-CAPS; INSAR; MASS BALANCE;

ICE;

ALTIMETRY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ICE CAP; INSTABILITY; MASS BALANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ARCTIC; AUSTFONNA; NORDAUSTLANDET; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84921844855     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062255     Document Type: Article

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