Present Day Regional Mass Loss of Greenland Observed with Satellite Gravimetry

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 32, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 377-385

  Schrama, E ^a   Wouters, B ^b   Vermeersen, B ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Greenland ice sheet; Satellite gravimetry; Temporal gravity

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER DATA; CALCULATED VALUES; DATA SETS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT MODELS; GRACE MISSION; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; MASS LOSS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; TEMPORAL GRAVITY;

CLIMATE MODELS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GRAVIMETERS; ICE; NASA; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; GEODETIC NETWORK; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GRACE; GRAVIMETRY; ICE SHEET; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 80053188391     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-011-9113-7     Document Type: Article

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