Snow, runoff, and mass balance modeling for the entire Mittivakkat Glacier (1998-2006), Ammassalik Island, SE Greenland

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-136

  Mernild, Sebastian H ^a   Liston, Glen E ^b   Kane, Douglas L ^c   Knudsen, Niels T ^d   Hasholt, Bent ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammassalik island; Arctic; Glacier; Greenland; Modeling; Runoff; Snow; SnowModel; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; MODELING; RUNOFF; SNOW; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SUBLIMATION;

AMMASSALIK ISLAND; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 50449108325     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2008.10649578     Document Type: Article

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