Constraining hydrological and cryospheric mass flux in southeastern Alaska using space-based gravity measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Tamisiea, M E ^a   Leuliette, E W ^b   Davis, J L ^a   Mitrovica, J X ^c  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; GRAVITATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ALASKA; CRYOSPHERIC MASS FLUX; GRAVITY CHANGES; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT (GRACE) DATA; SEA LEVEL RISE; WATER FLUX; WATER INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS; WATERSHEDS DRAINING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE DATA; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATERSHED;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28944445044     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023961     Document Type: Article

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