Basal Roughness at Upper Thwaites Glacier
The basal roughness of glaciers and ice sheets is an important parameter controlling ice flow. Ice will generally slide faster over a smoother bed than a rougher one, but the horizontal scale of roughness is as important as its amplitude. Studies of basal roughness to date have used airborne radar d...
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Penn State
2011
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