Hydrologic drainage of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2004-2011

  Lewis, Sarah M ^a,b   Smith, Laurence C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage network; GIS; Greenland Ice Sheet; Hydrology; Hydrostatic; Meltwater

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; GIS; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HYDROSTATIC; MELTWATER;

DRAINAGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLACIERS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WATER;

ICE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE BASIN; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GIS; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROSTATICS; MELTWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUNOFF;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 67650283889     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7343     Document Type: Article

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