Strong surface melting preceded collapse of Antarctic Peninsula ice shelf

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-4

  van den Broeke, Michiel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; MELTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ANOMALY; ICE SHELVES; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION;

METEOROLOGY;

ICE SHELF; MELTING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; LARSEN ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 25844483730     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023247     Document Type: Article

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