Hinge-line Migration of Petermann Gletscher, North Greenland, Detected Using Satellite Radar Interferometry

The synthetic-aperture radar interferometry technique is used to detect the migration of the limit of tidal flexing, or hinge line, of the floating ice tongue of Petermann Gletscher, a major outlet glacier of north Greenland.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rignot, Eric
Language:English
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2014/19518
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Summary:The synthetic-aperture radar interferometry technique is used to detect the migration of the limit of tidal flexing, or hinge line, of the floating ice tongue of Petermann Gletscher, a major outlet glacier of north Greenland.