Capabilities and performance of Elmer/Ice, a new-generation ice sheet model

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1299-1318

  Gagliardini, O ^a,b   Zwinger, T ^c   Gillet Chaulet, F ^a   Durand, G ^a   Favier, L ^a   De Fleurian, B ^a   Greve, R ^d   Malinen, M ^c   Martin C ^e   Raback P ^c   Ruokolainen, J ^c   Sacchettini, M ^a   Schafer M ^f   Seddik, H ^d   Thies, J ^g  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c CSC Scientific Computing Ltd   (Finland)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; GLACIOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE SHEET; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STOKES FORMULA;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84883377144     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-1299-2013     Document Type: Article

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