Atmospheric signals and characteristics of accumulation in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D16, 1999, Pages 19191-19211

  Noone, David ^a,b   Turner, John ^a   Mulvaney, Robert ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SIGNAL; CYCLONE; ICE CORE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ANTARCTICA; DRONNING MAUD LAND;

EID: 17044389417     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900376     Document Type: Article

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