Basal shear stress of the Ross ice streams from control method inversions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Joughin, Ian ^a   MacAyeal, Douglas R ^b   Tulaczyk, Slawek ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Glaciology; Ice streams; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE FLOW; ICE STREAM; REMOTE SENSING; SHEAR STRESS;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 10044248607     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002960     Document Type: Article

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