Evaluation of Greenland ice sheet surface climate in the HIRHAM regional climate model using automatic weather station data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1302-1319

  Box, Jason E ^a   Rinke, Annette ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADIATION; WIND EFFECTS;

ENERGY BALANCE;

ICE;

CLIMATE MODELING; ICE SHEET; MODEL VALIDATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WEATHER STATION;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0037930606     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-16.9.1302     Document Type: Article

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