Snowfall in coastal West Antarctica much greater than previously assumed

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  van den Broeke, Michiel ^a   van de Berg, Willem Jan ^a   van Meijgaard, Erik ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL; SNOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANTARTIC ICE DRAINAGE BASINS; MODEL TIME SERIES; SEA LEVEL RISE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33644779103     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025239     Document Type: Article

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