Hydrostatic grounding line parameterization in ice sheet models

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2075-2087

  Seroussi, H ^a   Morlighem, M ^b   Larour, E ^a   Rignot, E ^a,b   Khazendar, A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDING LINE; ICE SHEET; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RESOLUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 84911397861     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-2075-2014     Document Type: Article

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