Spatial variations in impurities (cryoconite) on glaciers in northwest Greenland

Bulletin of Glaciological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-94

  Takeuchi, Nozomu ^a   Nagatsuka, Naoko ^b   Uetake, Jun ^b,c   Shimada, Rigen ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albedo; Cryoconite; Dust; Greenland; Snow algae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906088405     PISSN: 13453807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5331/bgr.32.85     Document Type: Article

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