The impact of parametric uncertainty and topographic error in ice-sheet modelling

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 188, 2008, Pages 899-919

  Hebeler, Felix ^a   Purves, Ross S ^a   Jamieson, Stewart S R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE SHEET; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 61349193222     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214308787779852     Document Type: Article

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