Melt season duration on Canadian Arctic ice caps, 2000-2004

The extent and duration of summer melt on ice caps in the Queen Elizabeth Islands (QEI), Nunavut, Canada, in 2000–2004 were mapped using enhanced resolution QuikSCAT (QSCAT) scatterometer images. The mean melt duration depends mainly on surface elevation and distance from Baffin Bay. Over most ice c...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Geophysical research letters 2005-10, Vol.32 (19), p.L19502.1-n/a
Hauptverfasser:	Wang, L., Sharp, M. J., Rivard, B., Marshall, S., Burgess, D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Earth sciences Earth, ocean, space Exact sciences and technology
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