Using MODIS land surface temperatures and the Crocus snow model to understand the warm bias of ERA-Interim reanalyses at the surface in Antarctica

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1361-1373

  Freville H ^a   Brun, E ^a   Picard, G ^a,b   Tatarinova, N ^a   Arnaud, L ^a,b   Lanconelli, C ^c   Reijmer, C ^d   Van Den Broeke, M ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84904353508     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-1361-2014     Document Type: Article

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