Snow density along the route traversed by the Japanese-Swedish Antarctic Expedition 2007/08

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 209, 2012, Pages 529-539

  Sugiyama, Shin ^a   Enomoto, Hiroyuki ^b   Fujita, Shuji ^b   Fukui, Kotaro ^c   Nakazawa, Fumio ^b   Holmlund, Per ^d   Surdyk, Sylviane ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c Tateyama Caldera Sabo Museum   (Japan)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DENSITY; ELEVATION; ICE RIDGE; METEOROLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SNOW; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84864591025     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG11J201     Document Type: Review

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