The distribution of snow accumulation across the Austfonna ice cap, Svalbard: Direct measurements and modelling

Polar Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-13

  Taurisano, Andrea ^a,d   Schuler, Thomas V ^b   Hagen, Jon Ove ^b   Eiken, Trond ^b   Loe, Even ^b   Melvold, Kjetil ^c   Kohler, Jack ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^d MULTICONSULT AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

GPR; Mass balance; Modelling; Snow accumulation

Indexed keywords

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE CAP; MASS BALANCE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; AUSTFONNA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33847743892     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2007.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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