The air content of Larsen Ice Shelf

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Holland, Paul R ^a   Corr, Hugh F J ^a   Pritchard, Hamish D ^a   Vaughan, David G ^a   Arthern, Robert J ^a   Jenkins, Adrian ^a   Tedesco, Marco ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELTING; SURVEYS;

AIR CONTENT; AIRBORNE SURVEYS; BASAL MELTING; FLOATING ICE; GROUND-BASED TECHNIQUES; ICE SHELVES; ICE SURFACE ELEVATION; ICE THICKNESS; NOVEL METHODS; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; SURFACE LOWERING;

ICE;

GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHELF; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MELTING; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURVEY;

ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79957946954     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047245     Document Type: Article

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