Mass gains of the Antarctic ice sheet exceed losses

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 61, Issue 230, 2015, Pages 1019-1036

  Zwally, H Jay ^a,b   Li, Jun ^a   Robbins, John W ^a   Saba, Jack L ^a   Yi, Donghui ^a   Brenner, Anita C ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic glaciology; Ice and climate; Ice sheet mass balance; Surface mass budget

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; ICESAT; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84953280472     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2015JoG15J071     Document Type: Article

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