Modeling ice sheets from the bottom up

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 19-20, 2009, Pages 1831-1849

  Hughes, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CHANGE; ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE; ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; BOTTOM UP APPROACH; BOTTOM-UP MODELING; DYNAMIC COMPONENT; DYNAMIC SYSTEMS; EARTH'S CLIMATE; FLOATING ICE; FORCE BALANCES; GEOTHERMAL HEAT FLUX; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAMS; ICE THICKNESS; ICE VELOCITY; MASS BALANCE; RESEARCH STRATEGY; SHEETFLOWS; SIZE AND SHAPE; SURFACE CONDITIONS; TOPDOWN; UNIVERSITY OF MAINE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; EARTH (PLANET); GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; STREAM FLOW;

ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOATING ICE; GLACIATION; HEAT FLUX; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; ICE THICKNESS; MASS BALANCE; SHEET FLOW; STREAMFLOW;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 68349128631     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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