Drifting snow climate of the Greenland ice sheet: A study with a regional climate model

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 891-899

  Lenaerts, J T M ^a   Van Den Broeke, M R ^a   Van Angelen, J H ^a   Van Meijgaard, E ^b   Dery S J ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; ICE DRIFT; MAGNITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RESOLUTION; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER; WEATHER STATION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84865273855     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-891-2012     Document Type: Article

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