Summer melt regulates winter glacier flow speeds throughout Alaska

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 6160-6164

  Burgess, Evan W ^a,b   Larsen, Christopher F ^a   Forster, Richard R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Alaska Biological Science Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; ice dynamics; mountain glaciers; offset tracking; subglacial hydrology; winter

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; ICE DYNAMICS; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; OFFSET TRACKING; SUBGLACIAL HYDROLOGY; WINTER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL;

GLACIERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING METHOD; GEOMETRY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER FLOW; ICE SHEET; MELTING; PREDICTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUMMER; VELOCITY;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889831916     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058228     Document Type: Article

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