Articles | Volume 13, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2133-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2133-2019
Research article
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15 Aug 2019
Research article |  | 15 Aug 2019

Eemian Greenland ice sheet simulated with a higher-order model shows strong sensitivity to surface mass balance forcing

Andreas Plach, Kerim H. Nisancioglu, Petra M. Langebroek, Andreas Born, and Sébastien Le clec'h

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