Spatial and temporal variability in the snowpack of a High Arctic ice cap: Implications for mass-change measurements

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2008, Pages 159-170

  Bell, Christina ^a   Mair, Douglas ^a   Burgess, David ^b   Sharp, Martin ^c   Demuth, Michael ^d   Cawkwell, Fiona ^e   Bingham, Robert ^f   Wadham, Jemma ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^f BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ELEVATION; ICE CAP; ICE MECHANICS; MELTWATER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA; DEVON ICE CAP; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 45249118862     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756408784700725     Document Type: Conference Paper

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