Snow accumulation and snowmelt monitoring in Greenland and Antarctica

International Association of Geodesy Symposia

Volumn 130, Issue , 2007, Pages 31-38

  Nghiem, S V ^a   Steffen, K ^b   Neumann, G ^a   Huff, R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Greenland; Ice mass balance; ICESat; QuikSCAT; Sea level; Snow accumulation; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND; ICE MASS; ICESAT; QUIKSCAT; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT;

ALGORITHMS; GEODESY; GLACIERS; ICE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SEA LEVEL; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; TOOLS;

SNOW;

EID: 84861427709     PISSN: 09399585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-49350-1_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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