Spatial patterns of North Atlantic Oscillation influence on mass balance variability of European glaciers

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 661-673

  Marzeion, B ^a   Nesje, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ALPS; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84872301645     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-661-2012     Document Type: Article

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