Is there a single surge mechanism? Contrasts in dynamics between glacier surges in Svalbard and other regions

• Main Authors: Murray, Tavi, Strozzi, Tazio, Luckman, Adrian, Jiskoot, Hester, Christakos, Panos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2003
• Subjects: Glacier surging; Glacier dynamics; Interferometry; Svalbard; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR); Remote sensing; Monacobreen; Romeo; glacier; glaciers; Tidewater; Alaska
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10133/5592

Sherpa Romeo green journal. Permission to archive final published version. During the 1990s, Monacobreen, a 40-km-long tidewater glacier in Svalbard, underwent a major surge. We mapped the surge dynamics using ERS synthetic aperture radar images, differential dual-azimuth interferometry and intensit...