Changes in ice dynamics and mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1844, 2006, Pages 1637-1655

  Rignot, Eric ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Interferometry; Polar climate; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746277226     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1793     Document Type: Article

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