Influence of seasonality on glacier mass balance, and implications for palaeoclimate reconstructions

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 757-770

  Golledge, Nicholas ^a   Hubbard, Alun ^b   Bradwell, Tom ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaciers; Mass balance; Palaeoclimate; Seasonality; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLACIATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77957021715     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0616-6     Document Type: Article

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