Initial results from a distributed, physically based model of glacier hydrology

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-219

  Arnold, Neil ^a   Richards, Keith ^b   Willis, Ian ^b   Sharp, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacier hydrology; Numerical modelling; Subglacial drainage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONFINED FLOW; DRAINAGE; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY;

HYDROGRAPHS; SUBGLACIAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

GLACIERS;

EID: 0031998831     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199802)12:2<191::AID-HYP571>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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