Seasonal changes of ice surface characteristics and productivity in the ablation zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Cryosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 487-504

  Chandler, D M ^a   Alcock, J D ^a   Wadham, J L ^a   MacKie, S L ^a   Telling, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALBEDO; AVHRR; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; DEBRIS FLOW; DUST; FIELD SURVEY; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84924333641     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-487-2015     Document Type: Article

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