Greenland ice sheet motion coupled with daily melting in late summer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Shepherd, Andrew ^a   Hubbard, Alun ^b   Nienow, Peter ^a   King, Matt ^c   McMillan, Malcolm ^a   Joughin, Ian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; ICE; WATER;

ALPINE GLACIERS; DIURNAL SIGNALS; GLACIAL LAKES; GREENLAND ICE SHEETS; GROUND-BASED; ICE SHEETS; ICE VELOCITIES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE HYDROLOGIES; SURFACE MELTING; WARMING CLIMATES;

MELTING;

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; ICE SHEET; MELTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUMMER;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 62749181809     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035758     Document Type: Article

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