Liquid Water Flow and Retention on the Greenland Ice Sheet in the Regional Climate Model HIRHAM5: Local and Large-Scale Impacts

Peter L. Langen1, Robert S. Fausto2, Baptiste Vandecrux3,2, Ruth Mottram1, Jason E. Box2
1Climate and Arctic Research, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
2Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
3Arctic Technology Centre (ARTEK), Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

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