The response of glaciers to intrinsic climate variability: Observations and models of late-holocene variations in the Pacific northwest

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 193, 2009, Pages 839-854

  Roe, Gerard H ^a   O'Neal, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD;

ALPS; CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT BAKER; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 70350010220     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309790152438     Document Type: Article

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