pyrex.ice_model.GreenlandIce.temperature

static GreenlandIce.temperature(z)

Calculates the temperature of the ice at a given depth.

Parameters

zarray_like

(Negative-valued) depths (m) in the ice.

Returns

array_like

Temperatures (K) at z values.

Notes

Based on a polynomial fit of the GRIP borehole data [1].

References

1

Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP) (1994) ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/greenland/summit/grip/physical/griptemp.txt