A data-driven approach for assessing ice-sheet mass balance in space and time

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 70, 2015, Pages 175-183

  Zammit Mangion, Andrew ^a   Bamber, Jonathan L ^a   Schoen, Nana W ^a   Rougier, Jonathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ice sheet mass balance; Surface mass budget

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE MODELING; GLACIOISOSTASY; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SMOOTHING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84982129706     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2015AoG70A021     Document Type: Article

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