Greenland Ice Sheet: Increased coastal thinning

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Krabill, W ^a   Hanna, E ^b   Huybrechts, P ^c,d   Abdalati, Waleed ^a   Cappelen, J ^e   Csatho, B ^f   Frederick, E ^g   Manizade, S ^g   Martin, C ^g   Sonntag, J ^g   Swift, R ^g   Thomas, R ^g,h   Yungel, J ^g  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^h CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

Author keywords

1640 Global change: Remote sensing; 1863 Hydrology: Snow and ice (1827); 4556 Oceanography: Physical: Sea level variations

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; GLACIERS; SNOW; VELOCITY CONTROL;

COASTAL THINNING; ICE SHEETS; LASER-ALTIMETER SURVEYS; SNOW ACCUMULATIONS;

SEA ICE;

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; THINNING; VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WORLD;

EID: 20044384506     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021533     Document Type: Article

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