On the recent contribution of the Greenland ice sheet to sea level change

Cryosphere

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1933-1946

  Van Den Broeke, Michiel R ^a   Enderlin, Ellyn M ^b   Howat, Ian M ^c   Kuipers Munneke, Peter ^a   Noël, Brice P Y ^a   Jan Van De Berg, Willem ^a   Van Meijgaard, Erik ^d   Wouters, Bert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; GRACE; GRAVITY FIELD; GROUNDING LINE; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SNOW COVER;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84986294540     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-10-1933-2016     Document Type: Article

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