Interpretation of the GRACE-derived mass trend in Enderby Land, Antarctica

Polar Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-276

  Yamamoto, Keiko ^a   Fukuda, Yoichi ^a   Doi, Koichiro ^b   Motoyama, Hideaki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic ice sheet mass balance; GRACE; ICESat; Snow stake measurements

Indexed keywords

ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; OUTFLOW; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW;

AUCKLAND ISLANDS; AUSTRALASIA; ENDERBY ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 57849104370     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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