Greenland accumulation: An error model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Cogley, J Graham ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Error analysis; Greenland Ice Sheet; Mass balance; Spatial interpolation

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; WORLD;

EID: 10244225258     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD004449     Document Type: Article

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