Downscaled precipitation applied in modelling of mass balance and the evolution of southeast Vatnajökull, Iceland

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 61, Issue 228, 2015, Pages 799-813

  Hannesdöttir, Hrafnhildur ^a   Aoalgeirsdóttir, Guofinna ^a   Jóhannesson, Tömas ^b   Guomundsson, Sverrir ^a   Crochet, Philippe ^b   Ágústsson, Hàlfdàn ^b,c   Pàlsson, Finnur ^a   Magnússon, Eyjölfur ^a   Sigurosson, Sven P ^a   Björnsson, Helgi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^c Institute for Meteorological Research   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Glacier mass balance; Glacier modelling; Glacier volume

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DOWNSCALING; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE FLOW; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

ICELAND; VATNAJOKULL;

EID: 84942430717     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2015JoG15J024     Document Type: Article

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