Modeled precipitation variability over the Greenland ice sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D24, 2001, Pages 33891-33908

  Bromwich, David H ^a,b   Chen, Qui Shi ^a   Bai, Le Sheng ^a   Cassano, Elizabeth N ^a,c   Li, Yufang ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ICE SHEET; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GREENLAND; SUMMIT;

EID: 0035727722     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD900251     Document Type: Article

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