Controls on short-term variations in Greenland glacier dynamics

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 217, 2013, Pages 883-892

  Sundal, A V ^a   Shepherd, A ^a   Van Den Broeke, M ^b   Van Angelen, J ^b   Gourmelen, N ^a,c   Park, J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FLOW FIELD; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOLOGY; MELANGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; JAKOBSHAVN GLACIER; KANGERLUSSUAQ FJORD;

EID: 84891387121     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013JoG13J019     Document Type: Article

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