Mass changes in Arctic ice caps and glaciers: Implications of regionalizing elevation changes

Cryosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 139-150

  Nilsson, J ^a   Sandberg Sorensen L ^a   Barletta, V R ^a,b   Forsberg, R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSPHERE; ELEVATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE CAP; ICESAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84921719465     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-139-2015     Document Type: Article

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