Cornice dynamics and meteorological control at Gruvefjellet, Central Svalbard

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-171

  Vogel, S ^a,b   Eckerstorfer, M ^a,b   Christiansen, H H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AVALANCHE; CRACKING; DATA SET; FAILURE MECHANISM; FREEZING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL HAZARD; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84868119118     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-157-2012     Document Type: Article

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