Abstract: A parameterization of the synoptic activity at 500 hPa and a simple orographic scheme are used to model the spatial and temporal variations of precipitation over the Greenland Ice Sheet for 1963?88 from analyzed geopotential ...

Abstract: Moisture budget calculations for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean (40°?72deg;S) are performed using operational numerical analyses from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the National ...