Greenland ice sheet surface mass-balance modeling in a 131-Yr perspective, 1950-2080

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-25

  Mernild, Sebastian H ^a   Liston, Glen E ^b   Hiemstra, Christopher A ^b   Christensen, Jens H ^c  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOEUSTACY; ICE SHEET; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; MELTWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 77953337962     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1140.1     Document Type: Article

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