Sea-ice mass-balance monitoring in an Arctic fjord

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2007, Pages 435-442

  Gerland, Sebastian ^a   Renner, Angelika H H ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FJORD; ICE THICKNESS; MASS BALANCE; MONITORING; SEA ICE; TIME SERIES;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 44349085175     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756407782871215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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