Satellite gravimetry observation of Antarctic snow accumulation related to ENSO

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 352-358

  Sasgen, I ^a   Dobslaw, H ^a   Martinec, Z ^b,c   Thomas, M ^a,d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accumulation variability; Antarctica; ECMWF; ENSO; GRACE

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION VARIABILITY; ANTARCTICA; ECMWF; ENSO; GRACE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GRAVITATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GRACE; GRAVIMETRY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW ACCUMULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 78049281907     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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