Changes in ice dynamics, elevation and mass discharge of Dinsmoor-Bombardier-Edgeworth glacier system, Antarctic Peninsula

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 427, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-135

  Seehaus, Thorsten ^a   Marinsek, Sebastián ^b,c   Helm, Veit ^d   Skvarca, Pedro ^e   Braun, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e Glaciarium Museo del Hielo Patagónico   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Contribution to sea level rise; Glacier change; Glacier mass balance; Larsen A Ice Shelf; Remote sensing; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE EARTH OBSERVATIONS; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER CHANGE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE SHELVES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SURFACE MASS BALANCE;

ICE;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISCHARGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GRACE; ICE MECHANICS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPLIFT;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84937127539     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.047     Document Type: Article

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