Greenland ice sheet surface melt extent and trends: 1960-2010

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 57, Issue 204, 2011, Pages 621-628

  Mernild, Sebastian H ^a   Mote, Thomas L ^b   Liston, Glen E ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE SHEET; IMAGE RESOLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 80053128353     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214311797409712     Document Type: Article

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