Runoff and mass-balance simulations from the Greenland Ice Sheet at Kangerlussuaq (Søndre Strømfjord) in a 30-year perspective, 1979-2008

Cryosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-242

  Mernild, S H ^a   Liston, G E ^b   Steffen, K ^c   Van Den Broeke, M ^d   Hasholt, B ^e  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c University of Colorado ^*  (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SATELLITE DATA;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; KANGERLUSSUAQ FJORD;

EID: 77954265714     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-4-231-2010     Document Type: Article

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