The impact of a seasonally ice free Arctic Ocean on the temperature, precipitation and surface mass balance of Svalbard

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-50

  Day, J J ^a,b   Bamber, J L ^a   Valdes, P J ^a   Kohler, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84875736780     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-35-2012     Document Type: Article

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