Determining the contribution of Antarctica to sea-level rise using data assimilation methods

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

Volumn 364, Issue 1844, 2006, Pages 1841-1865

  Arthern, Robert J ^a   Hindmarsh, Richard C A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ice sheets; Krylov methods; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746308350     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1801     Document Type: Article

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