Modelling the response of glaciers to climate warming

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-274

  Oerlemans, J ^a   Anderson, B ^b   Hubbard, A ^c   Huybrechts, Ph ^d   Johannesson T ^e   Knap, W H ^a   Schmeits, M ^a   Stroeven, A P ^b   Van De Wal, R S W ^a   Wallinga, J ^a   Zuo, Z ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^e ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER; GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 0031843660     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050222     Document Type: Article

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