Pine Island glacier ice shelf melt distributed at kilometre scales

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1543-1555

  Dutrieux, P ^a   Vaughan, D G ^a   Corr, H F J ^a   Jenkins, A ^a   Holland, P R ^a   Joughin, I ^b   Fleming, A H ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIER ADVANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE SHELF; MELTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; PINE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884872803     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-1543-2013     Document Type: Article

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