The response of the subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica, to tidal and atmospheric pressure forcing

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-49

  Wendt, Anja ^a   Dietrich, Reinhard ^a   Wendt, Jens ^a   Fritsche, Mathias ^a   Lukin, Valery ^b   Yuskevich, Alexander ^c   Kokhanov, Andrey ^c   Senatorov, Anton ^c   Shibuya, Kazuo ^d   Doi, Koichiro ^d  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Aerogeodeziya   (Russian Federation)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Geodesy; GPS; InSAR; Inverse barometer effect; Lake Vostok; Tides

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; LAKE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE VOSTOK; WORLD;

EID: 20244362643     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02575.x     Document Type: Article

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