Partitioning of melt energy and meltwater fluxes in the ablation zone of the west Greenland ice sheet

Cryosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-189

  Van Den Broeke, M ^a   Smeets, P ^a   Ettema, J ^a   Van Der Veen, C ^a   Van De Wal, R ^a   Oerlemans, J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 68749106275     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-2-179-2008     Document Type: Article

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