Similarities and differences in the response to climate warming of two ice caps in Iceland

Hydrology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 495-502

  Guomundsson S ^a   Bjornsson H ^a   Johannesson T ^b   Aoalgeirsdottir G ^c   Palsson F ^a   Sigursson O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glacial runoff change; Glacier flow model; Glacier mass balance; Iceland

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONS; CLIMATE WARMING; EMISSION SCENARIO; GLACIAL RUNOFF CHANGE; GLACIER FLOW MODEL; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE-CAPS; ICE-FLOW MODELS; ICELAND; ICELANDICS; ICELANDS; MASS BALANCE; SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES; STEADY STATE; TRANSIENT RESPONSE; WEATHER PARAMETERS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; RUNOFF; SIMULATORS; SNOW; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; EMISSION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE CAP; RUNOFF; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UPLAND REGION; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HOFSJOKULL; ICELAND; LANGJOKULL; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70149115636     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2009.210     Document Type: Article

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