Seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes on an East Antarctic outlet glacier

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 8563-8571

  Langley, Emily S ^a   Leeson, Amber A ^b   Stokes, Chris R ^a   Jamieson, Stewart S R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

drainage; East Antarctic glaciology; supraglacial channels; supraglacial lakes

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; GLACIERS; LAKES; SEA LEVEL;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; EAST ANTARCTIC GLACIOLOGY; EAST ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; LAKE EVOLUTIONS; METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS; OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGES; SUPRAGLACIAL CHANNELS;

ICE;

CHANNEL FLOW; DRAINAGE; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIOLOGY; LAKE EVOLUTION; SEASONALITY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; QUEEN MAUD LAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84983288535     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069511     Document Type: Article

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