Summary – The Greenland Ice Sheet in a Changing Climate Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2009 AMAP IASC IASSA IPY WCRPCliC ISBN: 978-82-7971-053-0 Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Citation: AMAP, 2009. Summary – The Greenland Ice Sheet in a Changing Climate: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2009. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo. 22 pp. ISBN 13 978 82 7971 053 0 © Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, 2009 Published by Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), P.O. Box 8100 Dep., N-0032 Oslo, Norway (www.amap.no) Ordering AMAP Secretariat, P.O. Box 8100 Dep., N-0032 Oslo, Norway (
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