Dynamic inland propagation of thinning due to ice loss at the margins of the Greenland ice sheet

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 210, 2012, Pages 734-740

  Wang, Weili ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Zwally, H Jay ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICESAT; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; REMOTE SENSING; THINNING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84865599989     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG11J187     Document Type: Article

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