Basal resistance for three of the largest Greenland outlet glaciers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 168-180

  Shapero, Daniel R ^a   Joughin, Ian R ^a   Poinar, Kristin ^a   Morlighem, Mathieu ^b   Gillet Chaulet, Fabien ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

basal shear stress; Greenland; inversions

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE STREAM; INVERSE PROBLEM; SHEAR STRESS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84958741214     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JF003643     Document Type: Article

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