Brief communication Important role of the mid-tropospheric atmospheric circulation in the recent surface melt increase over the Greenland ice sheet

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 241-248

  Fettweis, X ^a   Hanna, E ^b   Lang, C ^a   Belleflamme, A ^a   Erpicum, M ^a   Gallee H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; DATABASE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE SHEET; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84874077692     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-241-2013     Document Type: Article

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