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Arctic geodynamics: Arctic science and ERS-1 satellite altimetry
- Source :
- ESA, Proceedings of 2nd ERS-1 Symposium on Space at the Service of Our Environment, Volume 2
- Publication Year :
- 1994
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1994.
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Abstract
- A detailed gravity field map of the mid Arctic Ocean, spreading ridge system was produced on the basis of ERS-1 satellite altimetry data. Areas of special concern, the Barents and Kara Seas, and areas surrounding the islands of Svalbard, Frans Josef Land and Novoya Zemlya are reviewed. ERS-1 altimetry covers unique Arctic and Antarctic latitudes above 72 degrees. Before 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 are shown. The largest gravity anomalies occur along the Greenland fracture zone as well as along transform faults near Svalbard.
- Subjects :
- Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Journal :
- ESA, Proceedings of 2nd ERS-1 Symposium on Space at the Service of Our Environment, Volume 2
- Notes :
- NAGW-3350
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.19940030675
- Document Type :
- Report