Glaciers in Svalbard: Mass balance, runoff and freshwater flux

Polar Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-159

  Hagen, Jon Ove ^a   Kohler, Jack ^b   Melvold, Kjetil ^a   Winther, Jan Gunnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; MASS BALANCE; RUNOFF;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0346238652     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2003.tb00104.x     Document Type: Article

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