Antarctic firn compaction rates from repeat-track airborne radar data: II. Firn model evaluation

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 70, 2015, Pages 167-174

  Ligtenberg, S R M ^a   Medley, B ^b   Van Den Broeke, M R ^a   Munneke, P Kuipers ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Antarctic glaciology; Ground penetrating radar; Polar firn; Snow metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; FIRN; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE SHEET; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84932170195     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2015AoG70A204     Document Type: Article

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