Reassessment of the Antarctic surface mass balance using calibrated output of a regional atmospheric climate model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  van de Berg, W J ^a   van den Broeke, M R ^a   Reijmer, C H ^a   van Meijgaard, E ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CORRELATION; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33746498372     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006495     Document Type: Article

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