Glacier changes in Alaska: Can mass-balance models explain GRACE mascon trends

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 50, 2009, Pages 148-154

  Arendt, Anthony A ^a   Luthcke, Scott B ^b   Hock, Regine ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLACIER; GRAVITY; MASS BALANCE; MODELING; MOUNTAIN REGION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES; WEATHER;

ALASKA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT ELIAS MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64549145064     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409787769753     Document Type: Article

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