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Airborne radio echo sounding of glaciers in Svalbard

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

D. J. Drewry ,
O. Liestøl ,
C. S. Neal ,
O. Orheim  and
B. Wold
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During April–May 1980 the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) and Norsk Polarinstitutt (NPI) conducted a joint programme of radio echo sounding (RES) in Svalbard. The principal aims were to evaluate the performance of SPRI 60 MHz echo sounding equipment of Svalbard glaciers, to measure ice thickness over a wide range of conditions, and to investigate specific glaciers which are the focus of current glaciological studies.

Type
Field Work
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Polar Record , Volume 20 , Issue 126 , September 1980 , pp. 261 - 266
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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