Annual development cycle of an icing deposit and associated perennial spring activity on Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian High Arctic

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-135

  Heldmann, Jennifer L ^a,b   Pollard, Wayne H ^c   McKay, Christopher P ^b   Andersen, Dale T ^d   Toon, Owen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; RUNOFF;

AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18644365522     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0127:ADCOAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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