A numerical model for meltwater channel evolution in glaciers

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 493-503

  Jarosch, A H ^a   Gudmundsson, M T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DEFORMATION; DRAINAGE; ENGLACIAL PROCESS; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOLCANISM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; NEPAL; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84859887872     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-493-2012     Document Type: Article

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