Influence of recent warming and ice dynamics on glacier surface elevations in the Canadian High Arctic, 1995–2014

Repeat airborne laser altimetry measurements show widespread thinning (surface lowering) of glaciers in Canada's Queen Elizabeth Islands since 1995. Thinning rates averaged for 50 m elevation bins, were more than three times higher during the period 2005/06 to 2012/14 pentad than during the pre...

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Main Authors: COLLEEN A. MORTIMER, MARTIN SHARP, WESLEY VAN WYCHEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Glaciology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143018000370/type/journal_article