Using the unstable manifold correction in a Picard iteration to solve the velocity field in higher-order ice-flow models

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 196, 2010, Pages 257-261

  De Smedt, Bert ^a   Pattyn, Frank ^b   De Groen, Pieter ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FLOW MODELING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW;

EID: 77956974119     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214310791968395     Document Type: Article

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