Impact of reduced Arctic sea ice on Greenland ice sheet variability in a warmer than present climate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3933-3942

  Koenig, S J ^a   Deconto, R M ^a   Pollard, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate dynamics; climate modeling; Greenland ice sheet; ice sheet modeling; Pliocene; sea ice

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; GLACIERS; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS;

CLIMATE DYNAMICS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET MODELS; OCEAN CONDITIONS; PLIOCENE; RADIATION BUDGET; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE MODELING; GLACIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ICE SHEET; ORBITAL FORCING; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84902068641     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059770     Document Type: Article

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