Rapid response of Helheim Glacier in Greenland to climate variability over the past century

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-41

  Andresen, Camilla S ^a   Straneo, Fiammetta ^b   Ribergaard, Mads Hvid ^c   Bjørk, Anders A ^d   Andersen, Thorbjørn J ^e   Kuijpers, Antoon ^a   Nørgaard Pedersen, Niels ^a   Kjær, Kurt H ^d   Schjøth, Frands ^a   Weckström, Kaarina ^a   Ahlstrøm, Andreas P ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; FJORD; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; GRIP; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; ICEBERG CALVING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; TRIGGER MECHANISM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; HELHEIM GLACIER;

EID: 84255196239     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1349     Document Type: Review

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