Ice-dynamic projections of the Greenland ice sheet in response to atmospheric and oceanic warming

Cryosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1039-1062

  Furst J J ^a   Goelzer, H ^a   Huybrechts, P ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; ICE SHEET; MELTING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VOLUME CHANGE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84930193641     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-1039-2015     Document Type: Article

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