Ice shelf thickness over Larsen C, Antarctica, derived from satellite altimetry

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Griggs, J A ^a   Bamber, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; FLOATING ICE; HYDROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM; ICE SHELVES; ICE THICKNESS; LASER ALTIMETER; MASS BUDGET; RADAR ALTIMETERS; RADIO-ECHO SOUNDING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE RADAR ALTIMETRY; SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS;

ICE;

DATA SET; ECHO SOUNDING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOATING ICE; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; RADAR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 72049120920     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039527     Document Type: Article

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