Spatial distribution of 10 m firn temperature in the Antarctic ice sheet

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 655-666

  Wang, Ye Tang ^a,c   Hou, Shu Gui ^b,c  

^a Shandong Marine Fisheries Research Institute   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

10 m firn temperature; Antarctica; spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

10 M FIRN TEMPERATURE; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTARCTIC CLIMATE; ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; DATA QUALITY CONTROL; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GRID MAP; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET MODELS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS;

CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DRAINAGE; FIRN; ICE SHEET; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79955051215     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4066-0     Document Type: Article

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