Climate of the Greenland ice sheet using a high-resolution climate model - Part 1: Evaluation

Cryosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-527

  Ettema, J ^a,b   Van Den Broeke, M R ^a   Van Meijgaard, E ^c   Van De Berg, W J ^a   Box, J E ^d   Steffen, K ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BALANCE; ICE SHEET; KATABATIC FLOW; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MASS BALANCE; MELTWATER; NET RADIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE ENERGY; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 78649855698     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-4-511-2010     Document Type: Article

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