Simulating the temperature and precipitation signal in an Alpine ice core

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2013-2022

  Bronnimann S ^a   Mariani, I ^a,b   Schwikowski, M ^a,b   Auchmann, R ^a   Eichler, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; ICE CORE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SAMPLING; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

GRENZ GLACIER; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 84883596154     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-2013-2013     Document Type: Article

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