Reassessment of net surface mass balance in Antarctica

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 933-946

  Vaughan, David G ^a   Bamber, Jonathan L ^b   Giovinetto, Mario ^c   Russell, Jonathan ^d   Cooper, A Paul R ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d JESUS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DRAINAGE BASINS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SURFACE MASS BALANCE;

REMOTE SENSING;

MASS BALANCE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033117499     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0933:RONSMB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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