Improved estimation of the mass balance of glaciers draining into the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica from the CECS/NASA 2002 campaign

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2004, Pages 231-237

  Rignot, Eric ^a   Thomas, Robert H ^b   Kanagaratnam, Pannir ^c   Casassa, Gino ^d   Frederick, Earl ^e   Gogineni, Sivaprasad ^c   Krabill, William ^e   Rivera, Andrès ^d   Russell, Robert ^e   Sonntag, John ^e   Swift, Robert ^e   Yungel, James ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EG&G   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^e NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL MELTING; GROUNDING LINE; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; MASS BALANCE;

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

EID: 23844531513     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781813916     Document Type: Article

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