Mass balance and surface movement of the Greenland ice sheet at summit, Central Greenland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2307-2310

  Hvidberg, C S ^a   Keller, K ^b   Gundestrup, N S ^a   Tscherning, C C ^a   Forsberg, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORE DRILLING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; GLACIERS;

GLACIOLOGY; GREENLAND ICE CORE PROJECT (GRIP) DEEP DRILLING PROJECT; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE;

SEA ICE; ICE;

DEEP DRILLING; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; MEASUREMENTS OF; STEADY STATE; SURFACE MOVEMENT; SURFACE VELOCITY; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

EID: 0031236087     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02280     Document Type: Article

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