Climate of the Greenland ice sheet using a high-resolution climate model - Part 1: Evaluation.

Authors :: Ettema, J.
van den Broeke, M. R.
van Meijgaard, E.
van de Berg, W. J.
Box, J. E.
Steffen, K.
Source :: Cryosphere; 2010, Vol. 4 Issue 4, p511-527, 17p
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: The article presents an evaluation on the climate of the ice sheet in Greenland. It notes that the RACMO2/GR regional atmospheric climate model was used in the assessment of the characteristics of Greenland atmosphere. It also determines the variations in the surface mass balance (SMB) of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS).

Subjects :: ICE sheets
CLIMATE change
GREENLAND ice
MASS budget (Geophysics)

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