Variability and change in the Canadian cryosphere

Climatic Change

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-88

  Derksen, C ^a   Smith, S L ^b   Sharp, M ^c   Brown, L ^d   Howell, S ^a   Copland, L ^e   Mueller, D R ^f   Gauthier, Y ^g   Fletcher, C G ^d   Tivy, A ^h   Bernier, M ^g   Bourgeois, J ^b   Brown, R ^a   Burn, C R ^f   Duguay, C ^d   Kushner, P ⁱ   Langlois, A ^j   Lewkowicz, A G ^e   Royer, A ^j   Walker, A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^h NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN ARCTIC; CHANGING CLIMATE; CRYOSPHERE; DATA SETS; FRESHWATER ICE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ICE SHELVES; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; MASS LOSS; NORTHERN REGIONS; OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; RATE OF CHANGE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SEA ICE EXTENT; SNOW COVER EXTENTS; SPATIAL EXTENT; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TEMPORAL PERSISTENCE;

PERMAFROST; SEA ICE;

SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; CRYOSPHERE; DATA SET; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICE BREAKUP; ICE SHELF; NATURAL RESOURCE; PERMAFROST; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SNOW COVER;

CANADA;

EID: 84867676594     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0470-0     Document Type: Article

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