Estimation of ICESat intercampaign elevation biases from comparison of lidar data in East Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 5698-5703

  Hofton, M A ^a   Luthcke, S B ^b   Blair, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

elevation biases; ICESat; mass balance

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; DENSIFICATION PROCESS; ELEVATION BIASES; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; ICESAT; LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; MASS BALANCE; MINIMAL SURFACES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SENSORS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GEOACCUMULATION; ICE SHEET; ICESAT; LIDAR; MASS BALANCE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE DATA;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84887298339     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057652     Document Type: Article

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