Basal conditions for Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers, West Antarctica, determined using satellite and airborne data

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 190, 2009, Pages 245-257

  Joughin, Ian ^a   Tulaczyk, Slawek ^b   Bamber, Jonathan L ^c   Blankenship, Don ^d   Holt, John W ^d   Scambos, Ted ^e   Vaughan, David G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL MELTING; GLACIER; ISLAND; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

ANTARCTICA; PINE ISLAND GLACIER; THWAITES GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 67650863480     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309788608705     Document Type: Article

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