A new present-day temperature parameterization for Greenland

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 189, 2009, Pages 95-105

  Fausto, Robert S ^a,b   Ahlstrøm, Andreas P ^a   Van As, Dirk ^a   Bøggild, Carl E ^a,c   Johnsen, Sigfus J ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FIRN; FREEZING; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WARMING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 67651151429     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309788608985     Document Type: Article

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