Continental scale, high order, high spatial resolution, ice sheet modeling using the Ice Sheet System Model (ISSM)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Larour, E ^a   Seroussi, H ^a,b   Morlighem, M ^a,b   Rignot, E ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Grande Voie des Vignes   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DRAG; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THERMOMECHANICS;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84858421896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002140     Document Type: Article

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