Decadal changes from a multi-temporal glacier inventory of Svalbard

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1603-1621

  Nuth, C ^a   Kohler, J ^b   Konig M ^b   Von Deschwanden, A ^b   Hagen, J O ^a   Kaab A ^a   Moholdt, G ^a,c   Pettersson, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSPHERE; DECADAL VARIATION; FRONTAL FEATURE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOLOGY; INVENTORY; TIDEWATER GLACIER;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84886050785     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-1603-2013     Document Type: Article

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