Surface mass balance of the Ward Hunt Ice Rise and Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Braun, Carsten ^a   Hardy, Douglas R ^a   Bradley, Raymond S ^a   Sahanatien, Vicky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Nunavut Field Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Glacier

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHELF; MASS BALANCE;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14344255005     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004560     Document Type: Article

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