Mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet at high elevations

Science

Volumn 289, Issue 5478, 2000, Pages 426-428

  Thomas, R ^a   Akins, T ^b   Csatho, B ^c   Fahnestock, M ^d   Gogineni, P ^e   Kim, C ^c   Sonntag, J ^a  

^a EG&G   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

ELEVATION; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; GREENLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0034698387     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5478.426     Document Type: Article

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14. We thank all who helped with the acquisition and processing of the velocity-traverse data, P. Huybrechts for his model results, J. Finnbogason, who piloted the Twin Otter aircraft used to visit survey stations, and R. Bindschadler for his swift yet thorough review of both this report and its companion (12). This project forms part of the Program for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment (PARCA) and was supported by NASA's Polar Research Program and ICESAT Project.