Validation of the summertime surface energy budget of Larsen C Ice Shelf (Antarctica) as represented in three high-resolution atmospheric models

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1335-1347

  King, J C ^a   Gadian, A ^b   Kirchgaessner, A ^a   Kuipers Munneke, P ^c   Lachlan Cope, T A ^a   Orr, A ^a   Reijmer, C ^c   van den Broeke, M R ^c   van Wessem, J M ^c   Weeks, M ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY FLUX; ICE SHELF; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RESOLUTION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SURFACE ENERGY;

EID: 84925003330     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022604     Document Type: Article

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