Constraining the recent mass balance of pine island and thwaites glaciers, west antarctica, with airborne observations of snow accumulation

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1375-1392

  Medley, B ^a   Joughin, I ^a   Smith, B E ^a   Das, S B ^b   Steig, E J ^a   Conway, H ^a   Gogineni, S ^c   Lewis, C ^c   Criscitiello, A S ^b   McConnell, J R ^d   Van Den Broeke, M R ^e   Lenaerts, J T M ^e   Bromwich, D H ^f   Nicolas, J P ^f   Leuschen, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84905443302     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-1375-2014     Document Type: Article

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