Ice loss from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, South America, between 2000 and 2012

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Willis, Michael J ^a   Melkonian, Andrew K ^a   Pritchard, Matthew E ^a   Rivera, Andrés ^b,c  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL; TRACKING RADAR;

20TH CENTURY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FIELD MEASUREMENT; ICE FIELDS; ICE LOSS; ICE SURFACES; MASS LOSS; MASS LOSS RATE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SOUTH AMERICA; VOLUME CHANGE; VOLUME LOSS;

GLACIERS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ASTER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; ICE FIELD; ICE THICKNESS; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; TIME SERIES; VOLUME CHANGE;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 84865720632     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053136     Document Type: Article

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