Volume and velocity changes at Mittivakkat Gletscher, southeast Greenland

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 216, 2013, Pages 660-670

  Mernild, Sebastian H ^a,b   Knudsen, Niels T ^c   Hoffman, Matthew J ^a   Yde, Jacob C ^d   Hanna, Edward ^e   Lipscomb, William H ^a   Malmros, Jeppe K ^b   Fausto, Robert S ^f  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE THICKNESS; MASS BALANCE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SUMMER; TIME SERIES; WARMING; WINTER;

AMMASSALIK ISLAND; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; MITTIVAKKAT GLACIER;

EID: 84885464672     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013JoG13J017     Document Type: Article

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