Instruments and methods: Assessing the accuracy of Greenland ice sheet ice ablation measurements by pressure transducer

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 212, 2012, Pages 1144-1150

  Fausto, Robert S ^a   Van As, Dirk ^a   Ahlstrøm, Andreas P ^a   Citterio, Michele ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; TIME SERIES; TRANSDUCER;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84874830877     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG12J075     Document Type: Article

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