Characteristics of the modelled meteoric freshwater budget of the western Antarctic Peninsula

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 139, Issue , 2017, Pages 31-39

  van Wessem, J M ^a   Meredith, M P ^b   Reijmer, C H ^a   van den Broeke, M R ^a   Cook, A J ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Freshwater budget; Ocean; Regional climate modelling; Western Antarctic Peninsula

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; NICKEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RUNOFF; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SNOW; WATER; WATER LEVELS;

CLIMATE; FRESHWATER BUDGET; OCEAN; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELLING; WESTERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA;

BUDGET CONTROL;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISCHARGE; EL NINO; FRESHWATER INPUT; LA NINA; MELTWATER; METEORIC WATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; RUNOFF; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWPACK; WATER BUDGET; WESTERLY;

ADELAIDE ISLAND; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ANVERS ISLAND; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; MARGUERITE BAY; PALMER LAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 85006725515     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.11.001     Document Type: Article

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