Sea ice and dynamical controls on preindustrial and last glacial maximum accumulation in central Greenland

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 8902-8917

  Rhines, Andrew ^a   Huybers, Peter J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC SIMULATIONS; GREENLAND ICE CORES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SOURCE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SYNOPTIC VARIABILITY;

ICE;

ACCUMULATION RATE; AMPLITUDE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ICE CORE; ICE COVER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SEA ICE; STORM TRACK;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND;

EID: 84919625589     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00075.1     Document Type: Article

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