Glaciers in equilibrium, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a cold, dry polar desert and the alpine glaciers therein exhibit small annual and seasonal mass balances, often <±0.06 m w.e. Typically, winter is the accumulation season, but significant snow storms can occur any time of year occasionally making summer the accumulatio...

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Main Authors: ANDREW G. FOUNTAIN, HASSAN J. BASAGIC, SPENCER NIEBUHR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of Glaciology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143016000861/type/journal_article