Influence of high-order mechanics on simulation of glacier response to climate change: Insights from Haig Glacier, Canadian Rocky Mountains

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1527-1541

  Adhikari, S ^a,b,c   Marshall, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ICE MECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOKES FORMULA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CANADA; HAIG GLACIER;

EID: 84885149087     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-1527-2013     Document Type: Article

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