Variability in the surface temperature and melt extent of the Greenland ice sheet from MODIS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2114-2120

  Hall, Dorothy K ^a   Comiso, Josefino C ^a   Digirolamo, Nicolo E ^a,b   Shuman, Christopher A ^a,c   Box, Jason E ^d   Koenig, Lora S ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenland melt; Greenland surface temperature; MODIS

Indexed keywords

GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET; MASS LOSS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RADIOMETERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

GLACIERS;

ICE SHEET; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84879959690     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50240     Document Type: Article

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