The implication of nonradiative energy fluxes dominating Greenland ice sheet exceptional ablation area surface melt in 2012

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2649-2658

  Fausto, Robert S ^a   Van As, Dirk ^a   Box, Jason E ^a   Colgan, William ^b   Langen, Peter L ^c,d   Mottram, Ruth H ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Greenland; melt; melt models

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BUDGET CONTROL; GLACIERS; ICE; MELTING; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; NONRADIATIVE ENERGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET; TURBULENT ENERGIES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ABLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY FLUX; RADIATIVE FORCING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOWMELT; SURFACE ENERGY; WEATHER STATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84977955886     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL067720     Document Type: Article

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