A method for separating Antarctic postglacial rebound and ice mass balance using future ICESat Geoscience Laser Altimeter System, Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, and GPS satellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Velicogna, Isabella ^a   Wahr, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimeter; Antarctica; GPS; GRACE; Ice mass imbalance; Postglacial rebound

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; GEOID; GPS; ICE COVER; ISOSTASY; MASS BALANCE; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND;

EID: 0037058211     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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