Climatic impact of a Greenland deglaciation and its possible irreversibility

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-33

  Toniazzo, T ^a   Gregory, J M ^a,b   Huybrechts, P ^c,d  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MELTING; SEA LEVEL; SNOW; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

DEGLACIATION; OROGRAPHY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; ICE SHEET; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 1442266688     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0021:CIOAGD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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