Glaciers and Glaciation is the classic textbook for all students of glaciation. Stimulating and
accessible, it has established a reputation as a comprehensive and essential resource. In …

Altimetry is probably one of the most powerful tools for ice sheet observation. Our vision of
the Antarctic ice sheet has been deeply transformed since the launch of the ERS1 satellite in …

Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology is the first text to provide this
essential information in a single comprehensive volume. Coverage includes: The role of …

Monitoring the evolution of polar glaciers, ice caps and ice streams is of utmost importance
because they constitute a good indicator of global climate change and contribute …

Since 2002, the Envisat radar altimeter has measured the elevation of the Antarctic ice sheet
with a repeat cycle of 35 days. This long and regular time series is processed using an along …

Megadune fields occupy large areas in the interior of the East Antarctic ice sheet and are the
result of unusual snow accumulation and redistribution processes. They therefore are …

During the 1996 Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide‐International Trans‐
Antarctic Scientific Expedition traverse, two firn cores were retrieved from the Talos Dome …

One-dimensional (1-D) ice flow models are used to construct the age scales at the Dome C
and Dome Fuji drilling sites (East Antarctica). The poorly constrained glaciological …

▪ Abstract Airborne geophysics has been used to identify more than 100 lakes beneath the
ice sheets of Antarctica. The largest, Lake Vostok, is more than 250 km in length and 1 km …

This study presents the first results obtained with the ENVISAT satellite radar altimeter RA-2
over lands and ice caps. As radar altimetry was firstly devoted to ocean study, this paper …