Validation of ECMWF (RE)analysis surface climate data, 1979-1998, for greenland and implications for mass balance modeling of the ice sheet

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-195

  Hanna, Edward ^a,b   Valdes, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variables; Global warming; Greenland Ice Sheet; Mass balance; Region; Techniques

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA QUALITY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE SHEET;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0035097840     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.609     Document Type: Article

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