Rapid ice discharge from southeast Greenland glaciers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Rignot, E ^a   Braaten, D ^b   Gogineni, S P ^b   Krabill, W B ^c   McConnell, J R ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; GLACIERS; ICE; SEA LEVEL;

GREENLAND GLACIERS; ICE DYNAMICS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ERS-1; ERS-2; GLACIER; ICE FLOW; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 4143076888     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019474     Document Type: Article

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