Coupled simulations of Greenland Ice Sheet and climate change up to A.D. 2300

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3927-3935

  Vizcaino, Miren ^a   Mikolajewicz, Uwe ^b   Ziemen, Florian ^b,c   Rodehacke, Christian B ^b,d   Greve, Ralf ^e   Van Den Broeke, Michiel R ^f  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

climate change; coupled ice sheet model AOGCM; elevation feedback; Greenland Ice Sheet; ice dynamics; surface mass balance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GREENHOUSE GASES; ICE;

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERE OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; BIDIRECTIONAL COUPLING; GREENHOUSE-GAS FORCING; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET MODELS; SURFACE MASS BALANCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE VARIATION; ELEVATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOLOCENE; ICE FLOW; MASS BALANCE; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84931563087     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061142     Document Type: Article

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