Rapid and synchronous ice-dynamic changes in East Greenland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Luckman, Adrian ^a   Murray, Tavi ^a   de Lange, Remko ^a,b   Hanna, Edward ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

GREENLAND; ICE-DYNAMIC CHANGES; ICE-FRONT VARIATION; INTER-ANNUAL PATTERNS;

GEOPHYSICS;

FRONT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE MECHANICS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 33645810179     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025428     Document Type: Article

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