Evaluation of the updated regional climate model RACMO2.3: Summer snowfall impact on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Cryosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1831-1844

  Noel B ^a   Van De Berg, W J ^a   Van Meijgaard, E ^b   Kuipers Munneke, P ^a   Van De Wal, R S W ^a   Van Den Broeke, M R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BALANCE; FREEZING; ICE CORE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOWMELT; SUMMER; SURFACE ENERGY; WARMING; WEATHER STATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84942108741     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-1831-2015     Document Type: Article

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