ICESat's new perspective on ice shelf rifts: The vertical dimension

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Fricker, H A ^a   Bassis, J N ^a   Minster, B ^a   MacAyeal, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS; ICE; SATELLITES;

GEOSCIENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEM (GLAS); ICE SHELF RIFTS; ICE, CLOUD AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITE (ICESAT); IN SITU MEASUREMENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; TOPOGRAPHY;

GEOPHYSICS;

CREVASSE; ICE SHELF; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

EID: 31544464037     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025070     Document Type: Article

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