Improved Ice Velocity Measurements with Sentinel-1 TOPS Interferometry

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Improved Ice Velocity Measurements with Sentinel-1 TOPS Interferometry. / Andersen, Jonas Kvist; Kusk, Anders; Boncori, John Peter Merryman; Hvidberg, Christine Schott; Grinsted, Aslak.

In: Remote Sensing, Vol. 12, No. 12, 2014, 2020.

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Andersen, JK, Kusk, A, Boncori, JPM, Hvidberg, CS & Grinsted, A 2020, 'Improved Ice Velocity Measurements with Sentinel-1 TOPS Interferometry', Remote Sensing, vol. 12, no. 12, 2014. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12122014

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Andersen, J. K., Kusk, A., Boncori, J. P. M., Hvidberg, C. S., & Grinsted, A. (2020). Improved Ice Velocity Measurements with Sentinel-1 TOPS Interferometry. Remote Sensing, 12(12), [2014]. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12122014

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Andersen JK, Kusk A, Boncori JPM, Hvidberg CS, Grinsted A. Improved Ice Velocity Measurements with Sentinel-1 TOPS Interferometry. Remote Sensing. 2020;12(12). 2014. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12122014

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Andersen, Jonas Kvist ; Kusk, Anders ; Boncori, John Peter Merryman ; Hvidberg, Christine Schott ; Grinsted, Aslak. / Improved Ice Velocity Measurements with Sentinel-1 TOPS Interferometry. In: Remote Sensing. 2020 ; Vol. 12, No. 12.

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