Positive degree-day factors for ablation on the Greenland ice sheet studied by energy-balance modelling

ABSTR ACT. Ice a b la tion is rel a ted to a ir temperature b y the positive d egree-day factor. V a ri a tions of th e positi ve degree-d ay fac tor in \Ves t Greenland a re st ud ied using a n energy-ba la n ce m odel to simulate ablation under differen t condi tions. Degree-d ay factors for simul...

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Main Author: Roger J. Braithwaite
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1995
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.634.5942
http://www.igsoc.org/journal/41/137/igs_journal_vol41_issue137_pg153-160.pdf