Global warming and the Greenland ice sheet

Climatic Change

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 201-221

  Chylek, Petr ^a,b,d   Box, Jason E ^c   Lesins, Glen ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COASTAL ZONES; COOLING; GASES; ICE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

GLOBAL WARMING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE SHEET; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 1842665162     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000018509.74228.03     Document Type: Article

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