Spatial and temporal variability of snow accumulation using ground-penetrating radar and ice cores on a Svalbard glacier

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 48, Issue 162, 2002, Pages 417-424

  Pälli, Anja ^a,b   Kohler, Jack C ^c   Isaksson, Elisabeth ^c   Moore, John C ^a   Pinglot, Jean Francis ^d   Pohjola, Veijo A ^e   Samuelsson, Håkan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE CORE; SNOW;

NORDENSKJOLDBREEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0036939181     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756502781831205     Document Type: Article

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