Recent trends in melting conditions on the Antarctic Peninsula and their implications for ice-sheet mass balance and sea level

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-152

  Vaughan, David G ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; MELTING; SEA LEVEL; TREND ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33244489132     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)038[0147:RTIMCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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