Flow speed and calving rate of Kongsbreen glacier, Svalbard, using SPOT images

Kongsbreen, a tide-water glacier located in Kongsfjorden, is the most active calving glacier in Svalbard. Three SPOT images are used to determine its flow speed and calving rate. The position of fourteen reference points was determined on the coast or mountain sides, and the changes in position of 1...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Lefauconnier, Bernard, Hagen, Jon Ove, Rudant, Jean Paul
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1994
Subjects:
Kongsbreen
Svalbard
Arctic
glacier
Kongsfjord*
Kongsfjorden
Polar Research
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/1966
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v13i1.6681

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