Sharply increased mass loss from glaciers and ice caps in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Nature

Volumn 473, Issue 7347, 2011, Pages 357-360

  Gardner, Alex S ^a,b   Moholdt, Geir ^c,d   Wouters, Bert ^e   Wolken, Gabriel J ^f   Burgess, David O ^g   Sharp, Martin J ^a   Cogley, J Graham ^h   Braun, Carsten ⁱ   Labine, Claude ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^f Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys   (United States)

^g GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^h TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Campbell Scientific Canada Corp   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GRACE; GRAVIMETRY; ICE CAP; ICE SHEET; ICESAT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VOLUME;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLACIER; GRAVIMETRY; GREENLAND; ICA CAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 79956333903     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10089     Document Type: Article

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