Understanding ice-sheet mass balance: Progress in satellite altimetry and gravimetry

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 200, 2011, Pages 1151-1161

  Pritchard, H D ^a   Luthcke, S B ^b   Fleming, A H ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; GRACE; GRAVIMETRY; ICE SHEET; ICESAT; MASS BALANCE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 80052199784     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214311796406194     Document Type: Review

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