Characteristics of ocean waters reaching greenland's glaciers

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 53, Issue 60, 2012, Pages 202-210

  Straneo, Fiammetta ^a   Sutherland, David A ^b   Holland, David ^c   Gladish, Carl ^c   Hamilton, Gordon S ^d   Johnson, Helen L ^e   Rignot, Eric ^f,g   Xu, Yun ^f   Koppes, Michele ^h  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FJORD; GLACIER; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; MELTING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEAWATER; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND;

EID: 84874396915     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012AoG60A059     Document Type: Article

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