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Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
7180
World Ranking
7459
National Ranking
2546

Best Publications

  • Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica

    Peter Fretwell;Hamish D. Pritchard;David G. Vaughan;J. L. Bamber

  • Large subglacial lakes in East Antarctica at the onset of fast-flowing ice streams

    Robin E. Bell;Michael Studinger;Christopher A. Shuman;Mark A. Fahnestock

  • Sea ice thickness, freeboard, and snow depth products from Operation IceBridge airborne data

    N. T. Kurtz;N. T. Kurtz;S. L. Farrell;M. Studinger;N. Galin

  • Widespread Persistent Thickening of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet by Freezing from the Base

    Robin E. Bell;Fausto Ferraccioli;Timothy T. Creyts;David Braaten

  • An improved CryoSat-2 sea ice freeboard retrieval algorithm through the use of waveform fitting

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  • Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica

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  • Limnological conditions in Subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica

    Brent C. Christner;George Royston-Bishop;Christine M. Foreman;Brianna R. Arnold

  • Ice cover, landscape setting, and geological framework of Lake Vostok, East Antarctica

    Michael Studinger;Robin E. Bell;Garry D. Karner;Anahita A. Tikku

  • Origin and fate of Lake Vostok water frozen to the base of the East Antarctic ice sheet

    Robin E. Bell;Michael Studinger;Anahita A. Tikku;Garry K.C. Clarke

  • Geologic Controls on the Initiation of Rapid Basal Motion for West Antarctic Ice Streams: A Geophysical Perspective Including New Airborne Radar Sounding and Laser Altimetry Results

    D. D. Blankenship;D. L. Morse;C.A. Finn;R.E. Bell

  • Sub-ice geology inland of the Transantarctic Mountains in light of new aerogeophysical data

    Michael Studinger;Robin E. Bell;W.Roger Buck;Garry D. Karner

  • Sensitivity of the ice-shelf/ocean system to the sub-ice-shelf cavity shape measured by NASA IceBridge in Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica

    Michael P. Schodlok;Dimitris Menemenlis;Eric Rignot;Michael Studinger

  • Influence of Persistent Wind Scour on the Surface Mass Balance of Antarctica

    Indrani Das;Robin E. Bell;Ted A. Scambos;Michael J. Wolovick

  • The Scientific Legacy of NASA’s Operation IceBridge

    Joseph A. MacGregor;Linette N. Boisvert;Brooke Medley;Alek A. Petty;Alek A. Petty

  • Subglacial sediments: A regional geological template for ice flow in West Antarctica

    Michael Studinger;Robin E. Bell;Donald D. Blankenship;Carol A. Finn

  • New Antarctic Gravity Anomaly Grid for Enhanced Geodetic and Geophysical Studies in Antarctica.

    M. Scheinert;F. Ferraccioli;J. Schwabe;R. Bell

  • Estimating the depth and shape of subglacial Lake Vostok's water cavity from aerogravity data

    Michael Studinger;Robin E. Bell;Anahita A. Tikku;Anahita A. Tikku

  • Geophysical models for the tectonic framework of the Lake Vostok region, East Antarctica

    Michael Studinger;Garry D Karner;Robin E Bell;Vadim Levin

  • Antarctic crustal thickness from satellite gravity: Implications for the Transantarctic and Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains

    Adrienne E. Block;Adrienne E. Block;Robin E. Bell;Michael Studinger

  • Polar Airborne Observations Fill Gap in Satellite Data

    Lora Koenig;Seelye Martin;Michael Studinger;Michael Studinger;John Sonntag

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