Ablation observations for 2008-2011 from the Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE)

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 26, 2012, Pages 73-76

  Fausto, Robert S ^a   van As, Dirk ^a   Ahlstrom, Andreas P ^a   Andersen, Signe B ^a   Andersen, Morten L ^a   Citterio, Michele ^a   Edelvang, Karen ^a   Larsen, Signe H ^a   Machguth, Horst ^a   Nielsen, Soren ^a   Weidick, Anker ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; GLACIOLOGY; MONITORING SYSTEM;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84863995890     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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