Estimation of the Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance for the 20th and 21st centuries

Results from a regional climate simulation (1970–2006) over the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) reveals that more than 97% of the interannual variability of the modelled Surface Mass Balance (SMB) can be explained by the GrIS summer temperature anomaly and the GrIS annual precipitation anomaly. This mult...

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Main Authors: X. Fettweis, E. Hanna, H. Gallée, P. Huybrechts, M. Erpicum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-09-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/2/117/2008/tc-2-117-2008.pdf