Mass balance of the Prince of Wales Icefield, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Mair, Douglas ^a   Burgess, David ^b   Sharp, Martin ^c   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^d   Benham, Toby ^d   Marshall, Shawn ^e   Cawkwell, Fiona ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EUSTACY; ICE CAP; ICE CORE; ICE FIELD; ICEBERG CALVING; MASS BALANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDEWATER GLACIER;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND [NUNAVUT]; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 73649115681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JF001082     Document Type: Article

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