The darkening of the Greenland ice sheet: Trends, drivers, and projections (1981-2100)

Cryosphere

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 477-496

  Tedesco, Marco ^a,b   Doherty, Sarah ^c   Fettweis, Xavier ^d   Alexander, Patrick ^b,e   Jeyaratnam, Jeyavinoth ^b   Stroeve, Julienne ^f  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; CONSOLIDATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE ENERGY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84960094017     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-10-477-2016     Document Type: Article

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