Mid-tropospheric circulation and surface melt on the greenland ice sheet. Part II: Synoptic climatology

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-145

  Mote, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

700 hPa geopotential heights; Cluster analysis; Greenland; Icesheet; Surface ice melt; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET DYNAMICS; MELTING; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATION;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0031960574     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199802)18:2<131::aid-joc228>3.0.co;2-s     Document Type: Article

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