Past surface temperatures at the NorthGRIP drill site from the difference in firn diffusion of water isotopes

Climate of the Past

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1327-1335

  Simonsen, S B ^a,b   Johnsen, S J ^a   Popp, T J ^a,c   Vinther, B M ^a   Gkinis, V ^a   Steen Larsen, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEROD; ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; DIFFUSION; FIRN; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; NORTHGRIP; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PARAMETERIZATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SATURATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING; WATER INDUSTRY;

EID: 84855520060     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-7-1327-2011     Document Type: Article

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