Melting trends over the Greenland ice sheet (1958-2009) from spaceborne microwave data and regional climate models

Cryosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 359-375

  Fettweis, X ^a,c   Tedesco, M ^b   Van Den Broeke, M ^c   Ettema, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; ICE SHEET; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PARAMETERIZATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; TIMESCALE; WATER CONTENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 79955782043     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-5-359-2011     Document Type: Article

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