Assessing the summer water budget of a moulin basin in the sermeq avannarleq ablation region, Greenland ice sheet

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 57, Issue 205, 2011, Pages 954-964

  McGrath, Daniel ^a   Colgan, William ^a   Steffen, Konrad ^a   Lauffenburger, Phillip ^b   Balog, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c Extreme Ice Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIOLOGY; MASS BALANCE; MELTWATER; SUMMER; WATER BUDGET;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 80655139852     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214311798043735     Document Type: Review

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