Sustained retreat of the Pine Island Glacier

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2137-2142

  Park, J W ^a,b   Gourmelen, N ^c   Shepherd, A ^a   Kim, S W ^d   Vaughan, D G ^e   Wingham, D J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d Sejong University   (South Korea)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; InSAR

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; INSAR; ISOLATED REGIONS; LOWER LIMITS; PINE ISLAND GLACIERS; RELATIVE STABILITIES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

SEA LEVEL;

BEDROCK; GLACIER; MELTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHOALING WAVE;

ANTARCTICA; PINE ISLAND GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84879918688     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50379     Document Type: Article

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