Glacier fluctuations of Jostedalsbreen, western Norway, during the past 20 years: The sensitive response of maritime mountain glaciers

Holocene

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-414

  Winkler, Stefan ^a   Elvehy, Hallgeir ^b   Nesje, Atle ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glacier length change; Glacier variations; Jostedalsbreen; Mass balance; Mountain glaciers.; Outlet glaciers; Terminus response time; Western Norway

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FRONTAL FEATURE; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; MASS TRANSFER; METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAIN STREAM; TEMPORAL RECORD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; JOSTEDALSBREEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SOGN OG FJORDANE;

EID: 68549112952     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608101390     Document Type: Article

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