Accumulation variability and mass budgets of the Lambert Glacier-Amery Ice Shelf system, East Antarctica, at high elevations

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2006, Pages 351-360

  Wen, Jiahong ^a,b,c   Jezek, Kenneth C ^b   Monaghan, Andrew J ^b   Sun, Bo ^c   Ren, Jiawen ^d   Huybrechts, Philippe ^e,f  

^a SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE SHELF; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AMERY ICE SHELF; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAMBERT GLACIER;

EID: 33846069257     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756406781812249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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