Submarine melt rate estimates for floating termini of Greenland outlet glaciers (2000-2010)

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 213, 2013, Pages 67-75

  Enderlin, Ellyn M ^a,b   Howat, Ian M ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOATING ICE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE SHEET; ICEBERG CALVING; MELT; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84878369273     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013JoG12J049     Document Type: Article

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