Three Decades of Volume Change of a Small Greenlandic Glacier Using Ground Penetrating Radar, Structure from Motion, and Aerial Photogrammetry

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 411-425

  Marcer, M ^a,b   Stentoft, P A ^a   Bjerre, E ^a   Cimoli, E ^a,c   Bjork A ^d   Stenseng, L ^a   MacHguth, H ^a,e,f  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85018479128     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: 19384246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/AAAR0016-049     Document Type: Article

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