Simulating the growth of supraglacial lakes at the western margin of the Greenland ice sheet

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1077-1086

  Leeson, A A ^a   Shepherd, A ^a   Palmer, S ^a,c   Sundal, A ^a   Fettweis, X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CRYOSPHERE; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GRIP; ICE SHEET; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE EVOLUTION; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POND; PREDICTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84867441705     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-1077-2012     Document Type: Article

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