Towards a hydrological model for computerized ice-sheet simulations

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 649-660

  Alley, Richard B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacier hydrology; Ice sheet modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; ICE; PRESSURE;

HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; ICE SHEET MODELING; WATER LUBRICATION; WATER STORAGE; WATER TRANSMISSION;

GLACIERS;

GLACIAL DRAINAGE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE SHEET MODELLING;

EID: 0030115149     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199604)10:4<649::aid-hyp397>3.0.co;2-1     Document Type: Article

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