Atmospheric contributions to the surface mass balance of Greenland in the HadAM3 atmospheric model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2002, Pages ACL-3-1-ACL-3-20

  Murphy, Bradley F ^a,b   Marsiat, Isabelle ^a   Valdes, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

1854 Hydrology: Precipitation (3354); 1863 Hydrology: Snow and ice (1827); 3337 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Numerical modeling and data assimilation; 3349 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Polar meteorology; Greenland; Mass balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448937487     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000389     Document Type: Article

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