Semi-Lagrangian transport of oxygen isotopes in polythermal ice sheets: Implementation and first results

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1395-1408

  Goelles, T ^a,b,c   Grosfeld, K ^c   Lohmann, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYOSPHERE; GRIP; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; THERMOMECHANICS; TRACER;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; VOSTOK STATION;

EID: 84904340822     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1395-2014     Document Type: Article

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