Altitude dependence of the ice sheet surface climate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2227-2230

  Krinner, G ^a   Genthon, C ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA ICE; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; ICE SHEET; LOW TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SURFACE CLIMATE; SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY;

ALTITUDE DEPENDENCE; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE SHEET SURFACE CLIMATE;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; ICE SHEET;

ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND;

EID: 0033405118     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900536     Document Type: Article

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