Evidence of meltwater retention within the Greenland ice sheet

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1433-1445

  Rennermalm, A K ^a   Smith, L C ^b   Chu, V W ^b   Box, J E ^c   Forster, R R ^d   Van Den Broeke, M R ^e   Van As, D ^c   Moustafa, S E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSPHERE; FIRN; GRIP; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MELTWATER; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; RETENTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TILL; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84884604181     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-1433-2013     Document Type: Article

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