The response of glaciers to climatic persistence

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 62, Issue 233, 2016, Pages 440-450

  Roe, Gerard H ^a   Baker, Marcia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate persistence; Glacier fluctuations; Natural variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLOGY; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84979649235     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jog.2016.4     Document Type: Article

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