A DORIS determination of the absolute velocities of the Sorsdal and Mellor glaciers in Antarctica

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1523-1534

  Govind, R ^a   Valette, J J ^b   Lemoine, F G ^c  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CLS   (France)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; DORIS; Geodesy; Glacier velocity; Mellor; Sorsdal

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA HANDLING; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLACIERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ICE; ORBITS; SEA LEVEL;

ANTARCTICA; DORIS; GLOBAL MEAN SEA LEVELS; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INTERNATIONAL DORIS SERVICE; MELLOR; PRECISE ORBIT DETERMINATION; SORSDAL;

VELOCITY;

EID: 77956393161     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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