Coupling an AGCM with an ISM to investigate the ice sheets mass balance at the Last Glacial Maximum

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 531-534

  Fabre, Adeline ^a   Ramstein, Gilles ^b   Ritz, Catherine ^a   Pinot, Sophie ^a,b   Fournier, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; GLACIERS;

ATMOSPHERIC GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODELS (AGCM); ICE SHEET MODELS (ISM); LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM (LGM);

CLIMATOLOGY; ICE;

ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM;

FENNOSCANDIAN; ICE SHEET MODELS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MODEL RESULTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMO-MECHANICAL; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 0032004830     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00133     Document Type: Article

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