Volume-area scaling vs flowline modelling in glacier volume projections

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2007, Pages 234-240

  Radić, Valentina ^a,b   Hock, Regine ^b,c   Oerlemans, Johannes ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE FLOW; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 41149146810     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756407782871288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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