Hydraulics of subglacial supercooling: Theory and simulations for clear water flows

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Creyts, Timothy T ^a,b   Clarke, Garry K C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HEAT PRODUCTION; HYDRAULICS; MELTWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLIDING; SUPERCOOLING; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 77955908158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001417     Document Type: Article

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