Wind-blown flux rates derived from drifts at arctic snow fences

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 213, 2013, Pages 21-34

  Sturm, Matthew ^a   Stuefer, Svetlana ^b  

^a Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DRIFT (GLACIAL DEPOSIT); FLUX MEASUREMENT; SNOW; WIND VELOCITY;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878352280     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013JoG12J110     Document Type: Article

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