Satellite gravity measurements confirm accelerated melting of Greenland ice sheet

Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5795, 2006, Pages 1958-1960

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ICE; MELTING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT (GRACE); ICE SHEET; SATELLITE MISSION; SPATIAL FILTERING;

GRAVITATION;

GRAVITY; ICE SHEET; MELTING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ALTIMETRY; ARTICLE; GRAVITY; GREENLAND; ICE COVER; INTERFEROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 33749332496     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1129007     Document Type: Article

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