Timing of recent accelerations of Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  Joughin, Ian ^a   Rignot, Eric ^a   Rosanova, Christine E ^b   Lucchitta, Baerbel K ^c   Bohlander, Jennifer ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; IMAGE SENSORS; INTERFEROMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

SEQUENTIAL LANDSAT IMAGERY; ANTARCTICA; DRIVING STRESS; GROUNDING LINE; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; LANDSAT IMAGERY; PINE ISLAND GLACIERS;

GEOPHYSICS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ACCELERATION; DISCHARGE; GLACIER SURGE; STRESS CHANGE;

ANTARCTICA; ELLSWORTH LAND; PINE ISLAND GLACIER;

EID: 0141625934     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017609     Document Type: Article

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