Glacier change in northern Sweden from AD 500: A simple geometric model of Storglaciären

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 42, Issue 141, 1996, Pages 341-351

  Raper, S C B ^a   Briffa, K R ^a   Wigley, T M L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER MODEL; GLACIER VARIATION; GLACIER VOLUME; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; WINTER ACCUMULATION;

SWEDEN, KEBNEKAISE, STORGLACIAREN;

EID: 0030404658     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000004196     Document Type: Article

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