A study of the surface mass balance in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, using automatic weather stations

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 171, 2004, Pages 565-582

  Van den Broeke, Michiel R ^a   Reijmer, Carleen H ^a   Van de Wal, Roderik S W ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WEATHER STATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND; WORLD;

EID: 14944381709     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756504781829756     Document Type: Article

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