Near-surface internal melting: A substantial mass loss on Antarctic Dry Valley glaciers

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 60, Issue 220, 2014, Pages 361-374

  Hoffman, Matthew J ^a   Fountain, Andrew G ^b   Liston, Glen E ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic glaciology; Energy balance; Glacier ablation phenomena; Ice atmosphere interactions; Surface melt

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIOLOGY; MASS BALANCE; MELTING; SUBLIMATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 84903189251     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014JoG13J095     Document Type: Article

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