Surface mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet from climate-analysis data and accumulation/runoff models

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2002, Pages 67-72

  Hanna, Edward ^a   Huybrechts, Philippe ^b,c   Mote, Thomas L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ELEVATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE SHEET; RUNOFF;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0036968380     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756402781816744     Document Type: Article

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