Dye tracing a jökulhlaup: II. Testing a jökulhlaup model against flow speeds inferred from measurements

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 193, 2009, Pages 899-908

  Werder, Mauro A ^a   Funk, Martin ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE BASIN; DYE TRACER; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; HEAT TRANSFER; JOKULHLAUP; MELTWATER; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTBURST;

EID: 75449106550     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309790152375     Document Type: Article

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