Multi-decadal retreat of Greenland's marine-terminating glaciers

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 57, Issue 203, 2011, Pages 389-396

  Howat, Ian M ^a,b   Eddy, Alex ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COOLING; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE SHEET; LANDSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WARMING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 80051913690     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214311796905631     Document Type: Article

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