Assessing a multilayered dynamic firn-compaction model for Greenland with ASIRAS radar measurements

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 215, 2013, Pages 545-558

  Simonsen, Sebastian B ^a,b   Stenseng, Lars ^c   Adalgeirsdóttir, Gudfinna ^b,e   Fausto, Robert S ^d   Hvidberg, Christine S ^a   Lucas Picher, Philippe ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MELTWATER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR IMAGERY; SATELLITE DATA; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84885439839     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013JoG12J158     Document Type: Article

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