Active layer thermal regime 1991-1996 at Qeqertarsuaq, Disko Island, Central West Greenland

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 295-305

  Humlum, Ole ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; SNOW COVER; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

DISKO; GREENLAND; QEQERTARSUAQ;

EID: 0031721486     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1551977     Document Type: Article

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