Errors in daily ablation measurements in northern Greenland, 1993-94, and their implications for glacier climate studies

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 44, Issue 148, 1998, Pages 583-588

  Braithwaite, Roger J ^a   Konzelmann, Thomas ^b   Marty, Christoph ^b   Ulesen, Ole B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0032431804     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000002094     Document Type: Article

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