Mass balance obsevations at Mittivakkat Glacier, Ammassalik Island, Southeast Greenland 1995-2006

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-120

  Knudsen, Niels Tvis ^a   Hasholt, Bent ^b  

^a Department of Earth Science ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammassalik island; East greenland; Mass balance; Mittivakkat glacier; Sermilk research station

Indexed keywords

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

AMMASSALIK ISLAND; ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; MITTIVAKKAT GLACIER;

EID: 50449095742     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2008.10649577     Document Type: Article

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