Brief communication: Greenland's shrinking ice cover: "Fast times" but not that fast

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 533-537

  Kargel, J S ^a   Ahlstrom A P ^b   Alley, R B ^c   Bamber, J L ^d   Benham, T J ^e   Box, J E ^f   Chen, C ^f   Christoffersen, P ^e   Citterio, M ^b   Cogley, J G ^g   Jiskoot, H ^h   Leonard, G J ^a   Morin, P ⁱ   Scambos, T ^j   Sheldon, T ^k   Willis, I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

ⁱ University of Minnesota   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^k Science Media Centre   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL SURVEY; ATLAS; GLACIOLOGY; ICE COVER; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; MODIS; PUBLISHING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84860660413     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-533-2012     Document Type: Article

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