Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance 1991-2000: Application of Polar MM5 mesoscale model and in situ data

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 16, 2004, Pages

  Box, Jason E ^a,b   Bromwich, David H ^a,b   Bai, Lee Sheng ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenland ice sheet; Mass balance; Runoff

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ACCUMULATION RATE; CLIMATE MODELING; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 7244236717     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD004451     Document Type: Article

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