Seasonal evolution of supra-glacial lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 262, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 484-492

  McMillan, Malcolm ^a   Nienow, Peter ^a   Shepherd, Andrew ^a   Benham, Toby ^b   Sole, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greenland Ice Sheet; ice melting; mass balance; remote sensing; supra glacial lakes

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE ALTIMETRY; ICE MELTING; SUPRA-GLACIAL LAKES;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL LAKE; ICE SHEET; LAKE EVOLUTION; MASS BALANCE; MELTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 35148889457     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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