Increased West Antarctic and unchanged East Antarctic ice discharge over the last 7 years

Cryosphere

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 521-547

  Gardner, Alex S ^a   Moholdt, Geir ^b   Scambos, Ted ^c   Fahnstock, Mark ^d   Ligtenberg, Stefan ^e   Van Den Broeke, Michiel ^e   Nilsson, Johan ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL MELTING; DISCHARGE; GLACIER FLOW; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; LANDSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; EAST ANTARCTICA; GETZ ICE SHELF; MARGUERITE BAY; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 85041897528     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-12-521-2018     Document Type: Article

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