Modelling variable glacier lapse rates using ERA-Interim reanalysis climatology: An evaluation at Vestari- Hagafellsjökull, Langjökull, Iceland

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 410-421

  Hodgkins, R ^a   Carr, S ^b   Palsson F ^c   Gumundsson, S ^c   Bjornsson H ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Automatic Weather Station; ERA Interim; Glacier; Iceland; Langj kull; Lapse rate

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; ERA-INTERIM; ICELANDS; LAPSE RATE;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; GLACIER; PARAMETERIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

HAGAFELLSJOKULL; ICELAND; LANGJOKULL;

EID: 84872614568     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3440     Document Type: Article

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