Increasing water vapor transport to the Greenland Ice Sheet revealed using self-organizing maps

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 9250-9258

  Mattingly, Kyle S ^a   Ramseyer, Craig A ^b   Rosen, Joshua J ^a   Mote, Thomas L ^a   Muthyala, Rohi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric energy transport; atmospheric rivers; Greenland ice sheet; poleward moisture transport; self organizing maps

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BUDGET CONTROL; CONFORMAL MAPPING; GLACIERS; ICE; MOISTURE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; POLEWARD MOISTURE TRANSPORT; TURBULENT FLUX; VAPOR TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT;

SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DOWNWELLING; ENERGY FLOW; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MASS BALANCE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84987747988     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070424     Document Type: Article

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