Determination of ice flow velocity in Svalbard from ERS-1 interferometric observations (scientific paper)

• Main Authors: Lefauconnier,Bernard, Massonnet,Didier, Anker,Geir
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Norsk Polarinstitutt/CNES/Norsk Polarinstitutt 2001
• Subjects: Holtedahlfonna; Isachsenfonna; Kronebreen; Svalbard; glacier; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2383; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00002383/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2383&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Based on ERS-1 data recorded in autumn 1991,differential interferogrammes have allowed the determination of the ice flow of north-west Spitsbergen glaciers. The highest velocity of the d'Arodesbreen and the Fjortendejulibreen, observed in their equilibrium zone, was 3cm and 6.6cm per day, respe...