Satellite remote sensing for ice sheet research /
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| Language: | English |
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| Format: | U.S. Federal Government Document Book E-Resource |
Table of Contents:
- Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche.
- "November 1985"--Cover.
- This report assesses potential research applications of satellite data over the terrestrial ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica and recommends actions required to ensure acquisition of relevant data and appropriate processing to a form suitable for research purposes. Relevant data include high-resolution visible and SAR imagery, infrared, passive-microwave and scatterometer measurements, and surface topography information from laser and radar altimeters.