Decadal mass balance of the greenland and antarctic ice sheets from high resolution elevation change analysis of ERS-2 and envisat radar altimetry measurements

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Li, Yonghong ^a   Davis, Curt H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevation change; Polar ice sheets; Satellite radar altimetry

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CHANGE ANALYSIS; COASTAL AREA; ELEVATION CHANGE; ENVISAT; ENVISAT SATELLITE; EQUIVALENT MASS; GREENLAND; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; POLAR ICE SHEETS; POSITIVE ELEVATION; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE RADAR ALTIMETRY;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; COASTAL ZONES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

GLACIERS;

EID: 67649780028     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779727     Document Type: Conference Paper

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