The apparent effects of the Mt. Pinatubo eruption on the Greenland ice sheet melt extent

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1795-1797

  Abdalati, Waleed ^a   Steffen, Konrad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLACIERS; ICE PROBLEMS; MASS TRANSFER; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL TESTS; WEATHER SATELLITES; VOLCANOES;

AEROSOL TRANSPORT; ENERGY BALANCE; GREENLAND ICE SHEET MELT; MOUNT PINATUBO ERUPTION EFFECTS;

GEOPHYSICS; ICE;

ICE SHEET MELT; MOUNT PINATUBO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

GREENLAND;

AREA REDUCTION; BALANCE CHARACTERISTICS; CLIMATOLOGICAL EFFECT; GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; MT. PINATUBO; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 0031177802     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01706     Document Type: Article

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