Comparative studies of glacier mass balance and their climatic implications in Svalbard, Northern Scandinavia, and Southern Norway

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1407-1414

  Xu, Mingxing ^a,b   Yan, Ming ^a   Kang, Jiancheng ^b   Ren, Jiawen ^c  

^a POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climatic change; Degree day model; Glacier mass balance; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; CLIMATIC CHANGES; DEGREE-DAY MODEL; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; SVALBARD;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SNOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ARCTIC; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84867743927     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1585-3     Document Type: Article

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