Flow speed within the Antarctic ice sheet and its controls inferred from satellite observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1171-1188

  Arthern, Robert J ^a   Hindmarsh, Richard C A ^a   Williams, C Rosie ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assimilation; flow; glaciology; ice sheet; inversion; velocity

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA INVERSION; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIOLOGY; ICE MOVEMENT; ICE SHEET; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL; SHEAR STRESS; SLIDING;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84939269926     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JF003239     Document Type: Article

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