Baffin Island snow extent sensitivity: Insights from a regional climate model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3506-3519

  Berdahl, Mira ^a   Robock, Alan ^a  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEA ICE; SNOW; SUN; VOLCANOES;

CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RELATIVE IMPACT; TEMPERATURE CYCLES; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE COVER; LITTLE ICE AGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW COVER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84881108859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50249     Document Type: Article

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