Evolution of surface velocities and ice discharge of Larsen B outlet glaciers from 1995 to 2013

Cryosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 957-969

  Wuite, J ^a   Rott, H ^a,b   Hetzenecker, M ^a   Floricioiu, D ^c   De Rydt, J ^d   Gudmundsson, G H ^d   Nagler, T ^a   Kern, M ^e  

^a ENVEO IT GMBH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF; SCAR INLET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84929208098     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-957-2015     Document Type: Article

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