Runoff and mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet: 1958-2003

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 13, 2005, Pages

  Hanna, Edward ^a   Huybrechts, Philippe ^b,c   Janssens, Ives ^c   Cappelen, John ^d   Steffen, Konrad ^e   Stenhens, Ag ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL; VOLCANOES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICEBERG CALVING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 33750455841     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005641     Document Type: Article

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