Spatial and temporal variability of net snow accumulation over the Antarctic from ECMWF re-analysis project data

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 697-724

  Turner, John ^a   Connolley, William M ^a   Leonard, Steven ^a   Marshall, Gareth J ^a   Vaughan, David G ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate variability; ECMWF re analysis; Precipitation; Snow accumulation

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033563928     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19990615)19:7<697::AID-JOC392>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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