Evidence of recent climatic warming on the eastern Antarctic Peninsula

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 27, Issue , 1998, Pages 628-632

  Skvarca, Pedro ^a   Rack, Wolfgang ^b   Rott, Helmut ^b   Ibarzábal Y Donángelo, Teresa ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Ministerio de Defensa Republica Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTORICAL RECORD; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032438883     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/s0260305500018164     Document Type: Article

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