Patagonia Icefield melting observed by Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

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

^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)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GRAVITATION; HYDROLOGY; MAPPING; SEA LEVEL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ICE LOSS; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND;

ICE;

CARTOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAVITY SURVEY; ICE FIELD; ICE THICKNESS; MELTING; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TOPOGRAPHY;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38949111714     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031871     Document Type: Article

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