Ice sheet dynamics within an earth system model: Downscaling, coupling and first results

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2003-2013

  Barbi, D ^a   Lohmann, G ^a   Grosfeld, K ^a   Thoma, M ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; DOWNSCALING; ICE SHEET; MELTING; OROGRAPHY; RAINFALL; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84907063671     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-2003-2014     Document Type: Article

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