Modeled steric and mass-driven sea level change caused by Greenland Ice Sheet melting

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 59-60, Issue , 2012, Pages 219-225

  Brunnabend, S E ^a   Schroter J ^a   Timmermann, R ^a   Rietbroek, R ^b   Kusche, J ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gravitational attraction; Greenland; Ice sheet melting; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GIS; GRAVITY; GREEN FUNCTION; ICE SHEET; MELTING; MELTWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UPPER OCEAN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84863847445     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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