Major sources of moisture for Antarctic ice-core sites identified through a Lagrangian approach

Climate Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-49

  Nieto, Raquel ^a   Durán Quesada, Ana María ^a   Gimeno, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic ice cores; Flexpart model; Lagrangian approach; Sources of moisture

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ANTARCTIC ICE CORE; ANTARCTIC ICE CORES; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; LAGRANGIAN APPROACH; LAGRANGIAN APPROACHES; LAGRANGIAN METHODS; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ICE CORE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77954111289     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00842     Document Type: Article

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