Summary
The Lambert Glacier–Amery Ice Shelf system is a major component of the East Antarctic ice sheet. This paper presents two Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) that have been generated for the Lambert Glacier - Amery Ice Shelf system from validated ERS-1 satellite radar altimeter waveform data. The first DEM covers the Amery Ice Shelf only, and was produced using kriging on a 1-km grid. The second is a coarser (5-km) DEM of the entire Lambert-Amery system, generated via simple averaging procedures. The DEMs provide unprecedented surface elevation information for the Lambert-Amery system and allow new insight into the glaciology of the region.
Authors:Fricker H.A. Hyland G. Coleman R. Young N.W.
Publisher: International Glaciological Society
Published in: 2000
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Program area: Glaciology
Fricker H.A., Hyland G., Coleman R., Young N.W.
(2000)
Digital Elevation Models for the Lambert Glacier - Amery Ice Shelf system, East Antarctica, from ERS-1 satellite radar altimetry,
Journal of Glaciology
46, No 155.
553-560;
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YOUNG, Mr Neal
Australia (or home country)