Impact of fjord dynamics and glacial runoff on the circulation near Helheim Glacier

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 322-327

  Straneo, Fiammetta ^a   Curry, Ruth G ^a   Sutherland, David A ^b   Hamilton, Gordon S ^c   Cenedese, Claudia ^a   Våge, Kjetil ^d   Stearns, Leigh A ^e  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; FJORD; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MELTING; PARAMETERIZATION; RUNOFF; TIDEWATER GLACIER;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; HELHEIM GLACIER;

EID: 79955575833     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1109     Document Type: Article

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