Toward global inverse solutions for current and past ice mass variations: Contribution of secular sattellite gravity and topography change measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Wu, Xiaoping ^a   Watkins, Michael M ^a   Ivins, Erik R ^a   Kwok, Ronald ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Wahr, John M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

GRACE; Gravity; Ice; Inverse; Rebound; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; GLACIOISOSTASY; GRAVITY; ICE SHEET; ISOSTASY; MASS BALANCE; SEA LEVEL; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 0038218008     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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