On the influence of Greenland outlet glacier bed topography on results from dynamic ice-sheet models

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 53, Issue 60, 2012, Pages 281-293

  Herzfeld, Ute C ^a,b   Fastook, James ^c   Greve, Ralf ^d   McDonald, Brian ^a,b   Wallin, Bruce F ^a,e   Chen, Phillip A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c University of Maine   (United States)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BEDFORM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; MASS TRANSFER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HELHEIM GLACIER; JAKOBSHAVN ISBRAE; KANGERLUSSUAQ FJORD; PETERMANN GLACIER;

EID: 84870933854     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012AoG60A061     Document Type: Article

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