Continental heat anomalies and the extreme melting of the Greenland ice surface in 2012 and 1889

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6520-6536

  Neff, William ^a,b   Compo, Gilbert P ^a,b   Ralph, F Martin ^c   Shupe, Matthew D ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIERS; RIVERS; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HEAT WAVES; HOLOCENES; MEDIEVAL CLIMATE ANOMALIES; OCEANIC TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; MELTING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84903280965     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021470     Document Type: Article

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