Influence of spatial resolution and treatment of orography on GCM estimates of the surface mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 551-563

  Glover, Robin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA ICE;

ICE SHEET; OROGRAPHY; SURFACE MASS BALANCE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; OROGRAPHY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 0033080376     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0551:IOSRAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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