Uneven onset and pace of ice-dynamical imbalance in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 910-918

  Konrad, Hannes ^a   Gilbert, Lin ^b   Cornford, Stephen L ^c   Payne, Antony ^c   Hogg, Anna ^a   Muir, Alan ^b   Shepherd, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amundsen Sea; glacier retreat; satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; SATELLITES;

AMUNDSEN SEA; BASAL CONDITIONS; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE-SHEET ELEVATION; PINE ISLAND GLACIERS; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SURFACE LOWERING;

ICE;

GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE SHEET; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TRIBUTARY;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 85013029136     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070733     Document Type: Article

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