Assessing the ability of numerical ice sheet models to simulate grounding line migration

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Vieli, A ^a   Payne, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDING LINE; ICE SHEET; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMULATION;

EID: 33745690685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JF000202     Document Type: Article

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