The dynamic response of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to multiple-century climatic warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 8 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2169-2188

  Huybrechts, Philippe ^a,b   De Wolde, Jan ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ICE SHEET;

ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND;

EID: 0033172602     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2169:tdrotg>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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