Regional and global projections of twenty-first century glacier mass changes in response to climate scenarios from global climate models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 37-58

  Radić, Valentina ^a   Bliss, Andrew ^b   Beedlow, A Cody ^b   Hock, Regine ^b   Miles, Evan ^a,c   Cogley, J Graham ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global climate models; Projections of sea level rise; Regional and global glacier mass changes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLUME CHANGE;

ALASKA; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; CANADA; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891624546     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1719-7     Document Type: Article

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