Present and future variations in Antarctic firn air content

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1711-1723

  Ligtenberg, S R M ^a   Kuipers Munneke, P ^a   Van Den Broeke, M R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSPHERE; FIRN; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROUNDING LINE; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; MELTWATER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84907472172     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-1711-2014     Document Type: Article

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