Refreezing on the Greenland ice sheet: A comparison of parameterizations

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 743-762

  Reijmer, C H ^a   Van Den Broeke, M R ^a   Fettweis, X ^c   Ettema, J ^a,b   Stap, L B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FREEZING; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; MELTWATER; PARAMETERIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER CONTENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84868624867     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-743-2012     Document Type: Article

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