The status of research on glaciers and global glacier recession: A review

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-306

  Barry, Roger G ^a,b  

^a National Snow and Ice Data Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacier monitoring; Glacier recession; Glaciers

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIER DYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33745779438     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0309133306pp478ra     Document Type: Review

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