What do glaciers tell us about climate variability and climate change?

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 57, Issue 203, 2011, Pages 567-578

  Roe, Gerard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; GLOBAL WARMING; PROBABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051894147     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214311796905640     Document Type: Article

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