Ice discharge uncertainties in Northeast Greenland from boundary conditions and climate forcing of an ice flow model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-54

  Schlegel, N J ^a   Larour, E ^a   Seroussi, H ^a   Morlighem, M ^b   Box, J E ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ice discharge; Ice flow; Ice stream; Mass flux; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; GIS; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; MASS BALANCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 85027957258     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JF003359     Document Type: Article

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