Antarctic ice-mass balance 2003 to 2012: Regional reanalysis of GRACE satellite gravimetry measurements with improved estimate of glacial-isostatic adjustment based on GPS uplift rates

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1499-1512

  Sasgen, I ^a   Konrad, H ^a   Ivins, E R ^b   Van Den Broeke, M R ^c   Bamber, J L ^d   Martinec, Z ^e   Klemann, V ^a,f  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^f NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOISOSTASY; GPS; GRACE; ICE SHEET; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UPLIFT;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84885136133     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-1499-2013     Document Type: Article

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