A characterization of Greenland Ice Sheet surface melt and runoff in contemporary reanalyses and a regional climate model

A characterization of Greenland Ice Sheet surface melt and runoff in contemporary reanalyses and a regional climate model

For the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS), large-scale melt area has increased in recent years and is detectable via remote sensing, but its relation to runoff is not known. Historical, modeled melt area and runoff from Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA-Replay), the Int...

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Main Authors: Richard eCullather, Sophie eNowicki, Bin eZhao, Lora eKoenig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
Greenland
runoff
regional climate model
Ice sheets
Reanalyses
melt area
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/feart.2016.00010/full

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