Numerical modelling and data assimilation of the Larsen B ice shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1844, 2006, Pages 1815-1839

  Vieli, Andreas ^a,c   Payne, Antony J ^a   Du, Zhijun ^b   Shepherd, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Control method; Ice shelf modelling; Inverse modelling; Larsen ice shelf

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746277490     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1800     Document Type: Article

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