Modelled glacier response to centennial temperature and precipitation trends on the Antarctic Peninsula

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 993-998

  Davies, Bethan J ^a,b,h   Golledge, Nicholas R ^b,c   Glasser, Neil F ^a   Carrivick, Jonathan L ^d   Ligtenberg, Stefan R M ^e   Barrand, Nicholas E ^f   Van Den Broeke, Michiel R ^e   Hambrey, Michael J ^a   Smellie, John L ^g  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET; MELTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84908555613     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2369     Document Type: Article

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