Contemporary (1960–2012) Evolution of the Climate and Surface Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1155-1174

  van Angelen, J H ^a   van den Broeke, M R ^a   Wouters, B ^a   Lenaerts, J T M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Albedo melt feedback; Atmospheric circulation; Greenland ice sheet surface mass and energy balance; Regional atmospheric climate model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; RUNOFF; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE; AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION INDICES; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BALANCE; GRACE; MASS BALANCE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84907679706     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: 15730956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-013-9261-z     Document Type: Article

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