Multi-decadal marine- and land-terminating glacier recession in the Ammassalik region, southeast Greenland

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 625-639

  Mernild, S H ^a   Malmros, J K ^b   Yde, J C ^c   Knudsen, N T ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE CAP; ICE SHEET; LANDSAT; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AMMASSALIK ISLAND; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84861943324     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-625-2012     Document Type: Article

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