A Characterization of Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt and Runoff in Contemporary Reanalyses and a Regional Climate Model

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  • Richard I. Cullather
  • Sophie M. J. Nowicki
  • Bin Zhao
  • Lora S. Koenig
چکیده

1 Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, 2 Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA, 3 Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA, 4 Science Applications International Corporation, Greenbelt, MD, USA, 5 National Snow and Ice Data Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA

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تاریخ انتشار 2016