Calculating trends from GRACE in the presence of large changes in continental ice storage and ocean mass

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 415-419

  Chambers, Don P ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Global change from geodesy; Satellite geodesy; Sea level change; Time variable gravity

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; EUSTACY; GEODESY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MASS BALANCE; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 58549091343     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04012.x     Document Type: Article

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