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Arctic geodynamics: Continental shelf and deep ocean geophysics. ERS-1 satellite altimetry: A first look
- Source :
- ESA, Proceedings of First ERS-1 Symposium on Space at the Service of Our Environment, Volume 1
- Publication Year :
- 1993
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1993.
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Abstract
- An overall review of the Arctic Geodynamics project is presented. A composite gravity field model of the region based upon altimetry data from ERS-1, Geosat, and Seasat is made. ERS-1 altimetry covers unique Arctic and Antarctic latitudes above 72 deg. Both areas contain large continental shelf areas, passive margins, as well as recently formed deep ocean areas. Until ERS-1 it was not possible to study these areas with satellite altimetry. Gravity field solutions for the Barents sea, portions of the Arctic ocean, and the Norwegian sea north of Iceland are shown. The gravity anomalies around Svalbard (Spitsbergen) and Bear island are particularly large, indicating large isostatic anomalies which remain from the recent breakup of Greenland from Scandinavian. Recently released gravity data from the Armed Forces Topographic Service of Russia cover a portion of the Barents and Kara seas. A comparison of this data with the ERS-1 produced gravity field is shown.
- Subjects :
- Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Journal :
- ESA, Proceedings of First ERS-1 Symposium on Space at the Service of Our Environment, Volume 1
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.19940007304
- Document Type :
- Report