A 4-decade record of elevation change of the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  King, Matt A ^d   Coleman, Richard ^a,b,c   Freemantle, Anna Jane ^d   Fricker, Helen Amanda ^e   Hurd, Rachael S ^c   Legrésy, Benoit ^f   Padman, Laurie ^g   Warner, Roland ^a,h  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CNES   (France)

^g EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

^h AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; GPS; ICE SHELF; LASER; LEVELING; MASS BALANCE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

AMERY ICE SHELF; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 70349484001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JF001094     Document Type: Article

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