The validation and sensitivity of a model of the Icelandic ice sheet

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2297-2313

  Hubbard, Alun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOPOLOGY;

ICE SHEETS; QUATERNARY SCIENCE; TEMPERATURE-INDEX APPROACH;

SEA ICE;

ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MODEL VALIDATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 33746888628     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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