Envisat-derived elevation changes of the Greenland ice sheet, and a comparison with ICESat results in the accumulation area

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 160, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-62

  Sørensen, Louise Sandberg ^a   Simonsen, Sebastian B ^a   Meister, Rakia ^a   Forsberg, René ^a   Levinsen, Joanna F ^a   Flament, Thomas ^b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryosphere changes; Ice sheet; Laser altimetry; Mass balance; Radar altimetry

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIO ALTIMETERS;

CRYOSPHERE; ICE SHEET; LASER ALTIMETRY; MASS BALANCE; RADAR ALTIMETRY;

ICE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOSPHERE; ENVISAT; GEOACCUMULATION; ICESAT; MASS BALANCE; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 85027936440     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.12.022     Document Type: Article

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