Below-surface ice melt on the coastal Antarctic ice sheet

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 45, Issue 150, 1999, Pages 273-285

  Liston, Glen E ^a   Winther, Jan Gunnar ^b   Bruland, Oddbjørn ^c   Elvehøy, Hallgeir ^d   Sand, Knut ^e  

^a Department of Systems Engineering   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE SHEET; MELTING; NUMERICAL METHOD; SNOW COVER; SOLAR RADIATION;

ANTARCTICA; DRONNING MAUD LAND; JUTULGRYTA;

EID: 0032736022     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/s0022143000001775     Document Type: Article

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