How representative is a time series derived from a firn core? A study at a low-accumulation site on the Antarctic plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Karlöf, Lars ^a,b   Winebrenner, Dale P ^c   Percival, Donald B ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b SWIX Sport AS   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICAL METHOD; FIRN; ICE CORE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 34147131457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000552     Document Type: Article

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