Mass loss of Greenland's glaciers and ice caps 2003-2008 revealed from ICESat laser altimetry data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 875-881

  Bolch, T ^a,b   Sandberg Sorensen L ^c   Simonsen, S B ^d,e   Molg N ^a   MacHguth, H ^a,f   Rastner, P ^a   Paul, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glaciers and Ice caps; Greenland; ICESat; Mass budget

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; GREENLAND; ICE-CAPS; ICESAT; LASER ALTIMETRY; MASS BUDGET; SEA LEVEL RISE; SPACE-BORNE;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; SEA LEVEL; SNOW;

INTERCALATION;

ALTIMETRY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; ICE CAP; ICE SHEET; LASER METHOD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84876809373     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50270     Document Type: Article

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