The modelled surface mass balance of the Antarctic Peninsula at 5.5¯km horizontal resolution

Cryosphere

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 271-285

  Van Wessem, J M ^a   Ligtenberg, S R M ^a   Reijmer, C H ^a   Van De Berg, W J ^a   Van Den Broeke, M R ^a   Barrand, N E ^b   Thomas, E R ^c   Turner, J ^c   Wuite, J ^d   Scambos, T A ^e   Van Meijgaard, E ^f  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVEO IT GMBH   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOACCUMULATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE SHELF; MELTWATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOWPACK; SUBLIMATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84956942272     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-10-271-2016     Document Type: Article

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