Coupled regional climate-ice-sheet simulation shows limited Greenland ice loss during the Eemian

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1773-1788

  Helsen, M M ^a   Van De Berg, W J ^a   Van De Wal, R S W ^a   Van Den Broeke, M R ^a   Oerlemans, J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; EEMIAN; ELEVATION; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOEUSTACY; ICE COVER; ICE MOVEMENT; ICE SHEET; LAST INTERGLACIAL; RECONSTRUCTION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84881398979     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-1773-2013     Document Type: Article

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