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Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory (614)

Profile for Robert Thomas

Affiliation: EGG
Contact: E-mail
Office Phone: 757-824-1405
Fax: 757-824-1036

Selected Publications

Holland, D.M., R. Thomas, B.D. Young, M.H. Ribergaard, and B. Lyberth (2008). Acceleration of Jakobshavn Isbrae triggered by warm subsurface ocean waters. Nature Geosci., 1, 659-664
10.1038/ngeo316

Thomas, R., C. Davis, E. Frederick, W. Krabill, Y. Li, S. Manizade, and C. Martin (2008). A comparison of Greenland ice-sheet volume changes derived from altimetry measurements. J. Glaciol., 185, 203-210
10.3189/002214308784886225

Thomas, R., and R. Bindschadler (2007). Ice Sheets and the Threat to Global Sea Level. In M.D. King, C.L. Parkinson, K. Partington, R. Williams (Ed.), Our Changing Planet: The View From Space (218-255). Cambridge Univ. Press

Thomas, R., E. Frederick, W. Krabill, S. Manizade, and C. Martin (2006). Progressive increase in ice loss from Greenland. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33(L10503), 1-4

Martin, C.F., R. Thomas, W. Krabill, and S. Manizade (2005). ICESat range and mounting bias estimation over precisely-surveyed terrain. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32(L21S07), 4 pp

Rignot, E., G. Casassa, S. Gogineni, P. Kanagaratnam, W. Krabill, H. Pritchard, A. Rivera, R. Thomas, J. Turner, and D. Vaughan (2005). Recent ice loss from the Fleming and other glaciers, Wordie Bay, West Antarctic Peninsula. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32(L07502), 4 pp

Abdalati, W., R. Swift, J.G. Sonntag, C. Martin, S. Manizade, E. Frederick, W. Krabill, R. Thomas, J. Yungel, and R. Koerner (2004). Elevation changes of ice caps in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. J. Geophys. Res., 109(F04007), 1-11

Krabill, W., E. Hanna, P. Huybrechts, W. Abdalati, J. Cappelen, B. Csatho, E. Frederick, S. Manizade, C. Martin, J.G. Sonntag, R. Swift, R. Thomas, and J. Yungel (2004). Greenland Ice Sheet: Increased coastal thinning. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, 1-4

Rignot, E., G. Casassa, P. Gogineni, W. Krabill, A. Rivera, and R. Thomas (2004). Accelerated ice discharge from the Antarctic Peninsula following the collapse of Larsen B ice shelf. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, 1-4

Thomas, R., E. Rignot, G. Casassa, P. Kanagaratnam, C. Acuna, T. Akins, H. Brecher, E. Frederick, P. Gogineni, W. Krabill, S. Manizade, H. Ramamoorthy, A. Rivera, R. Russell, J.G. Sonntag, R. Swift, J. Yungel, and H.J. Zwally (2004). Accelerated Sea-Level Rise from West Antarctica. Science, 306, 255-258

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