Reevaluation of the reconstruction of summer temperatures from melt features in Belukha ice cores, Siberian Altai

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Okamoto, Sachiko ^a   Fujita, Koji ^a   Narita, Hideki ^b   Uetake, Jun ^c   Takeuchi, Nozomu ^d   Miyake, Takayuki ^c   Nakazawa, Fumio ^c   Aizen, Vladimir B ^e   Nikitin, Stanislav A ^f   Nakawo, Masayoshi ^g  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Network of Snow and Ice Specialists   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^f TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g National Institute of Humanities   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE CORE; MOUNTAIN RANGES; SUMMER TEMPERATURE;

ICE;

CORRELATION; GEOACCUMULATION; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE CORE; MELT; MOUNTAIN REGION; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALTAY [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; BELUKHA GLACIER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 79251627849     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD013977     Document Type: Article

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