Acceleration of the contribution of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to sea level rise

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Rignot, E ^a,b   Velicogna, I ^a,b   Van Den Broeke, M R ^c   Monaghan, A ^d   Lenaerts, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GRAVITATION; SEA LEVEL; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND; ICE SHEET; ICE-CAPS; MASS BALANCE; MASS BALANCE ESTIMATES; MASS LOSS; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; SEA LEVEL RISE; TEMPORAL MODULATIONS; TIME-PERIODS; TIME-VARIABLE GRAVITY;

ICE;

ACCELERATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE CAP; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 79952420872     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046583     Document Type: Article

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