An adaptive finite volume solver for ice sheets and glaciers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Egholm, David L ^a   Nielsen, Søren B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE MARGIN; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 77954831094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001394     Document Type: Article

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