Dynamic inland propagation of thinning due to ice loss at the margins of the Greenland ice sheet

Authors :: Wei Li Wang
H. Jay Zwally
Jun Li
Source :: Journal of Glaciology. 58:734-740
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: International Glaciological Society, 2012.
Abstract: Mass-balance analysis of the Greenland ice sheet based on surface elevation changes observed by the European Remote-sensing Satellite (ERS) (1992-2002) and Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) (2003-07) indicates that the strongly increased mass loss at lower elevations (

Subjects :: 010506 paleontology
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Ice stream
Greenland ice sheet
Antarctic sea ice
Atmospheric sciences
01 natural sciences
Arctic ice pack
Ice shelf
Ice-sheet model
Sea ice
Ice sheet
Geology
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Earth-Surface Processes

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