Antarctic mass rates from GRACE

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Chen, J L ^a   Wilson, C R ^a,b   Blankenship, D D ^c   Tapley, B D ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GRAVITATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

ANTARCTIC MASS RATES; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT (GRACE); ICE MASS BALANCE; POST GLACIAL REBOUND (PGR);

SNOW;

GRAVITY FIELD; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ENDERBY LAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33746465376     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026369     Document Type: Article

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