Acceleration of Greenland ice mass loss in spring 2004

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7109, 2006, Pages 329-331

  Velicogna, Isabella ^a,b   Wahr, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SATELLITES; SEA LEVEL;

GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE LOSS; THE GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT (GRACE);

SEA ICE;

ICE;

ACCELERATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAVITY SURVEY; ICE SHEET; MELTING; PERTURBATION; SATELLITE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAVITY; GREENLAND; MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL RISE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 33748943649     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05168     Document Type: Article

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