Restoring mass conservation to shallow ice flow models over complex terrain

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 229-240

  Jarosch, A H ^a   Schoof, C G ^b   Anslow, F S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; COMPLEX TERRAIN; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE FLOW; MASS BALANCE; MASS TRANSFER; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84873615558     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-229-2013     Document Type: Article

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