Interactions between topographically and thermally forced stationary waves: Implications for ice sheet evolution

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Liakka, Johan ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Stationary waves; ice sheets; topographical forcing; thermal forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ICE CAP; ICE MARGIN; ICE SHEET; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STANDING WAVE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865118748     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.11088     Document Type: Article

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