Rapid loss of the Ayles Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, Canada

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Copland, Luke ^a   Mueller, Derek R ^b   Weir, Laurie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; WIND EFFECTS;

ICE SHELF; LANDFAST SEA ICE FRINGE;

SEA ICE;

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE SHELF; ICEBERG CALVING; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 38549175763     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031809     Document Type: Article

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