Seasonal evolution of water contributions to discharge from a Greenland outlet glacier: Insight from a new isotope-mixing model

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 57, Issue 205, 2011, Pages 929-941

  Bhatia, Maya P ^a   Das, Sarah B ^a   Kujawinski, Elizabeth B ^a   Henderson, Paul ^a   Burke, Andrea ^a   Charette, Matthew A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ICE MARGIN; MELTWATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWMELT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 80655135658     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214311798043861     Document Type: Article

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