ICESat profiles of tabular iceberg margins and iceberg breakup at low latitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Scambos, Ted ^a   Sergienko, Olga ^b   Sargent, Aitbala ^c   MacAyeal, Douglas ^b   Fastook, Jim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; OBSERVATORIES; SATELLITES; SPACE STATIONS;

BENDING FORCES; EDGE-PARALLEL MELT PONDS; ICE SHELF EDGE; ICEBERG BREAKUP; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS); TABULAR ICEBERG; WATERLINE EROSION;

GEOPHYSICS;

ICEBERG; ICEBERG CALVING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTICA; RONNE ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 31544476831     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023802     Document Type: Article

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