Twenty years of cold surface layer thinning at Storglaciären, sub-Arctic Sweden, 1989-2009

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 207, 2012, Pages 3-10

  Gusmeroli, Alessio ^a,d   Jansson, Peter ^b   Pettersson, Rickard ^c   Murray, Tavi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLD REGION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; RADAR; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

NORRBOTTEN; STORGLACIAREN; SWEDEN;

EID: 84860343257     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG11J018     Document Type: Review

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