Identification of Atlantic ablation areas using a regional atmospheric climate model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

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

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MELTING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SUBLIMATION; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ICE SHEET; KATABATIC FLOW; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAMBERT GLACIER; QUEEN MAUD LAND; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; VICTORIA LAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 38549126644     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007127     Document Type: Article

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