Ice sheet mass loss caused by dust and black carbon accumulation

Cryosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1845-1856

  Goelles, T ^a,b   Boggild C E ^c   Greve, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; BLACK CARBON; DUST; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84942308053     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-1845-2015     Document Type: Article

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