Impact of climate sensitivity and polar amplification on projections of Greenland Ice Sheet loss

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 2249-2260

  Fyke, Jeremy ^a   Eby, Michael ^a   Mackintosh, Andrew ^b   Weaver, Andrew ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate sensitivity; Greenland Ice Sheet; Polar amplification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892768880     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2050-7     Document Type: Article

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