Simultaneous solution for mass trends on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Cryosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 805-819

  Schoen, N ^a   Zammit Mangion, A ^a   Rougier, J C ^a   Flament, T ^b   Remy F ^b   Luthcke, S ^c   Bamber, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOISOSTASY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84928737456     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-805-2015     Document Type: Article

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