Modelling the evolution of supraglacial lakes on the west Greenland ice-sheet margin

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 179, 2006, Pages 608-618

  Lüthje, Mikael ^a   Pedersen, L T ^a   Reeh, N ^a   Greuell, W ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LAKE; ICE MARGIN; ICE SHEET; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 33847072626     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756506781828386     Document Type: Article

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