Antarctica ice sheet mass balance

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 338, Issue 14-15, 2006, Pages 1084-1097

  Rémy, Frédérique ^a   Frezzotti, Massimo ^b  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b ENEA CLIM OS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Mass balance; Mean sea level; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33751183524     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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