Spatial variability of Antarctic Peninsula net surface mass balance

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 13, 2002, Pages AAC-4-1-AAC-4-18

  Turner, J ^a   Lachlan Cope, T A ^a   Marshall, G J ^a   Morris, E M ^a   Mulvaney, R ^a   Winter, W ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Mass balance; Precipitation; Snowfall

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 7244230594     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000755     Document Type: Article

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