Resolution of ice streams and outlet glaciers in large-scale simulations of the Greenland ice sheet

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 63, 2013, Pages 209-220

  Greve, Ralf ^a   Herzfeld, Ute C ^b,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; THERMODYNAMICS; TROUGH;

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

EID: 84881632715     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG63A085     Document Type: Article

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