A multicomponent coupled model of glacier hydrology 2. Application to Trapridge Glacier, Yukon, Canada

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Flowers, Gwenn E ^a   Clarke, Garry K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacier runoff; Glaciohydraulic modeling; Permafrost; Subglacial hydrology; Trapridge Glacier; Water pressure

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER; PERMAFROST; RUNOFF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA; TRAPRIDGE GLACIER; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 0037693797     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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