Quantifying energy and mass fluxes controlling Godthåbsfjord freshwater input in a 5-km simulation (1991-2012)

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3694-3713

  Langen, Peter L ^a   Mottram, R H ^a,b   Christensen, J H ^a,b   Boberg, F ^a,b   Rodehacke, C B ^a   Stendel, M ^a,b   van As, D ^c   Ahlstrom A P ^c   Mortensen, J ^b   Rysgaard, S ^b,d,e   Petersen, D ^f   Svendsen, K H ^f   Adalgeirsdottir G ^g   Cappelen, J ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f ASIAQ   (Greenland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Glaciers; Heat budgets fluxes; Ice sheets; Regional models; Surface fluxes; Water budget

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BUDGET CONTROL; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; HEAT FLUX; ICE; RUNOFF; WATER;

HEAT BUDGETS/FLUXES; ICE SHEET; REGIONAL MODEL; SURFACE FLUX; WATER BUDGET;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; FJORD; FRESHWATER INPUT; GLACIER; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; ICE SHEET; SURFACE FLUX; WATER BUDGET;

ARCTIC; GODTHABSFJORD; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84922424828     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00271.1     Document Type: Article

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