Deuterium excess in Greenland snow: analysis with simple and complex models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D8, 1998, Pages 8947-8953

  Armengaud, Alexandre ^a   Koster, Randal D ^b   Jouzel, Jean ^c   Ciais, Philippe ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; GCM; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SNOW;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0032571692     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD00274     Document Type: Article

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