Satellite-derived, melt-season surface temperature of the Greenland Ice Sheet (2000-2005) and its relationship to mass balance

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Hall, Dorothy K ^a   Williams Jr , R S ^b   Casey, K A ^c   DiGirolamo, N E ^c   Wan, Z ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MELTING; SPECTROMETERS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AIR-TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS; CLEAR-SKY SURFACE TEMPERATURE; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; LAND-SURFACE TEMPERATURE (LST); MODERATE-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS); SURFACE-TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY;

SNOW GAGES;

GLACIOLOGY; ICE MECHANICS; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 33746386386     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026444     Document Type: Article

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