How to evaluate model-derived deglaciation chronologies: A case study using Antarctica

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-127

  Briggs, Robert D ^a   Tarasov, Lev ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Data model comparison; Deglaciation; Ice sheet model; Model evaluation; Observational data

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; DEGLACIATIONS; ICE-SHEET MODELS; MODEL COMPARISON; MODEL EVALUATION; OBSERVATIONAL DATA;

REPAIR; SEA LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GLACIERS;

CHRONOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE; DEGLACIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUNDING LINE; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84873247427     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.021     Document Type: Article

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