The PSU/UofC finite-element thermomechanical flowline model of ice-sheet evolution

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-168

  Parizek, Byron R ^a   Alley, Richard B ^a   MacAyeal, Douglas R ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Galerkin method; Greenland ice sheet; Isostasy; Numerical models; Thermomechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BENCHMARKING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASAL TEMPERATURE; GLEN FLOW LAW; THERMOMECHANICAL FLOWLINE MODELS; TIME-DEPENDENT ADVECTION;

ICE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET;

EID: 20444461584     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2004.12.006     Document Type: Article

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