The Glaciological Studies of the Baffin Island Expedition, 1950: Part IV: The Heat Exchange at the Surface of the Barnes Ice Cap During the Ablation Period
Abstract The heat exchange takes place in two stages: (i) the atmospheric heat causes melting of the whole of the annual snow accumulation and leads to the formation of slush rivers; (ii) some of the melt water refreezes to form a new layer of ice superimposed on the original ice, which is warmed by...
| Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1953
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000025636 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000025636 |