Towards a GIS assessment of numerical ice-sheet model performance using geomorphological data

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 53, Issue 180, 2007, Pages 71-83

  Napieralski, Jacob ^a   Hubbard, Alun ^b   Li, Yingkui ^c   Harbor, Jon ^d   Stroeven, Arjen P ^e   Kleman, Johan ^e   Alm, Göran ^e   Jansson, Krister N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; ICE FLOW; ICE MARGIN; ICE SHEET; LINEATION; MORAINE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 34247273664     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756507781833884     Document Type: Article

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