A mascon approach to assess ice sheet and glacier mass balances and their uncertainties from GRACE data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 6048-6066

  Schrama, Ernst J O ^a   Wouters, Bert ^b,c   Rietbroek, Roelof ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

GRACE; mass balance; sea level

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOISOSTASY; GPS; GRACE; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; ICE CAP; ICE SHEET; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84906228515     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010923     Document Type: Article

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