Investigations of meltwater refreezing and density variations in the snowpack and firn within the percolation zone of the Greenland ice sheet

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2007, Pages 61-68

  Parry, Victoria ^a   Nienow, Peter ^a   Mair, Douglas ^b   Scott, Julian ^a,b   Hubbard, Bryn ^c   Steffen, Konrad ^d   Wingham, Duncan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; MELTWATER; PERCOLATION; SNOWPACK;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 45249115191     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756407782871332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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