Integrated assessment of changes in freshwater inflow to the Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Dyurgerov, Mark ^a,b   Bring, Arvid ^a   Destouni, Georgia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; FRESHWATER INFLOW; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE-CAPS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; MELTWATER FLUXES; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA LEVEL RISE; WATER EQUIVALENT;

GLACIERS;

FRESHWATER INPUT; GLACIER FLOW; ICE CAP; INFLOW; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MELTWATER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 77954478329     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013060     Document Type: Article

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