Accelerated sea-level rise from west Antarctica

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5694, 2004, Pages 255-258

  Thomas, R ^a,b   Rignot, E ^b,c   Casassa, G ^b   Kanagaratnam, P ^d   Acuna C ^b   Akins, T ^d   Brecher, H ^e   Frederick, E ^a   Gogineni, P ^d   Krabill, W ^f   Manizade, S ^a   Ramamoorthy, H ^d   Rivera, A ^b,g   Russell, R ^a   Sonntag, J ^a   Swift, R ^a   Yungel, J ^a   Zwally, J ^f  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CATCHMENTS; GLACIERS; ICE; LASERS;

BEDROCKS; FLOATING ICE; SATELLIGHT LASERS;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS;

ALTIMETRY; GLACIOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ACCELERATION; AIRCRAFT; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; GLACIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL RISE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 5044222898     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1099650     Document Type: Article

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