Greenland high-elevation mass balance: Inference and implication of reference period (1961-90) imbalance

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 70, 2015, Pages 105-117

  Colgan, William ^a   Box, Jason E ^a   Andersen, Morten L ^a   Fettweis, Xavier ^b   Csathó, Beáta ^c   Fausto, Robert S ^a   Van As, Dirk ^a   Wahr, John ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice sheet mass balance

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84932125949     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2015AoG70A967     Document Type: Article

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