Surface mass-balance changes of the Greenland ice sheet since 1866

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 50, 2009, Pages 178-184

  Wake, L M ^a   Huybrechts, P ^b,c   Box, J E ^d,e   Hanna, E ^f   Janssens, I ^b   Milne, G A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; RETENTION; WARMING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 64549089258     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409787769636     Document Type: Article

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