Recent aircraft and satellite laser altimeter surveys of the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica show that local glaciers are discharging about 250 cubic kilometers of ice per year to the ocean, almost 60% more than is accumulated within their catchment basins. This discharge is sufficient to rai...
Bibliographic Details
Published in: | Science |
Main Authors: |
Thomas, R,
Rignot, E,
Casassa, G,
Kanagaratnam, P,
Acuña, C,
Akins, T,
Brecher, H,
Frederick, E,
Gogineni, P,
Krabill, W,
Manizade, S,
Ramamoorthy, H,
Rivera, A,
Russell, R,
Sonntag, J,
Swift, R,
Yungel, J,
Zwally, J |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Language: | English |
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eScholarship, University of California
2004
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Online Access: | http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/50k293qt
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