A high-resolution reconstruction of Storglaciären mass balance back to 1780/81 using tree-ring data and circulation indices

Quaternary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-20

  Linderholm, Hans W ^a,c   Jansson, Peter ^b   Chen, Deliang ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Circulation indices; Mass balance reconstruction; Northern Sweden; Storglaci ren; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MASS BALANCE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SUMMER; TREE RING; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STORGLACIAREN; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846402447     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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