Analysis of velocity field, mass balance, and basal melt of the Lambert glacier-amery ice shelf system by incorporating Radarsat SAR interferometry and ICESat laser altimetry measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Yu, Jaehyung ^a   Liu, Hongxing ^b   Jezek, Kenneth C ^c   Warner, Roland C ^d   Wen, Jiahong ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^e SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; BASAL MELTING; DRAINAGE BASIN; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER METHOD; MASS BALANCE; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRIBUTARY;

AMERY ICE SHELF; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAMBERT GLACIER;

EID: 78249250010     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007456     Document Type: Article

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