| one publication added to basket [215227] | Antarctic ice-sheet loss driven by basal melting of ice shelves
Pritchard, H.D.; Ligtenberg, S.R.M.; Fricker, H.A.; Vaughan, D.G.; van den Broeke, M.R.; Padman, L. (2012). Antarctic ice-sheet loss driven by basal melting of ice shelves. Nature (Lond.) 484(7395): 502-505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10968
In: Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 0028-0836; e-ISSN 1476-4687, meer
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Altimetry > Satellite altimetry
Ice > Floating ice > Ice shelves
Ice > Glaciers
Ice sheets
Motion > Water motion > Vertical water movement > Upwelling
Phase changes > Melting > Ice melting
Temporal variations > Long-term changes > Sea level changes
Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula [Marine Regions]
Marien/Kust |
| Auteurs | | Top |
- Pritchard, H.D.
- Ligtenberg, S.R.M.
- Fricker, H.A.
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- Vaughan, D.G.
- van den Broeke, M.R.
- Padman, L.
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| Abstract |
Using satellite laser altimetry, basal melting of ice shelves is determined to be the main driver of Antarctic ice-sheet loss, with changing climate the likely cause. |
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