Warm ocean is eroding West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Shepherd, Andrew ^a   Wingham, Duncan ^b   Rignot, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

1640 Global Change: Remote sensing; 1827 Hydrology: Glaciology (1863); 1863 Hydrology: Snow and ice (1827); 4207 Oceanography: General: Arctic and Antarctic oceanography; 9310 Information Related to Geographic Region: Antarctica

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; ICE; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BASAL TRACTIONS; ICE SHELVES; PINE ISLAND BAY; WARM OCEAN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; ICE SHEET; WARMING;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 16644402143     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021106     Document Type: Article

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