The EISMINT benchmarks for testing ice-sheet models

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 23, Issue , 1996, Pages

  Huybrechts, Philippe ^a,c   Payne, Tony ^b   Abe Ouchi, A ^d   Calov, R ^d   Fabre, A ^d   Fastook, J L ^d   Greve, R ^d   Hindmarsh, R C A ^d   Hoydal, O ^d   Johannesson T ^d   MacAyeal, D R ^d   Marsiat, I ^d   Ritz, C ^d   Verbitsky, M Y ^d   Waddington, E D ^d   Warner, R ^d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EISMINT; ICE SHEET MODEL; ICE TEMPERATURE; ICE THICKNESS; ICE VELOCITY;

EID: 0030408193     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/s0260305500013197     Document Type: Article

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