Glacier mass balance in southern Norway modelled by circulation indices and spring-summer temperatures AD 1781-2000

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 431-445

  Nordli, Øyvind ^a   Lie, Øyvind ^b   Nesje, Atle ^b,c   Benestad, Rasmus E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation index; Glacier; Norway; Stepwise regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 26844507489     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2005.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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