The Antarctic surface mass balance in a stretched grid general circulation model

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 25, Issue , 1997, Pages

  Krinner, Gerhard ^a   Genthon, Christophe ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; GCM; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; MELT; PRECIPITATION; SNOWFALL; SUBLIMATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0031396691     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/s0260305500013823     Document Type: Article

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