A New Model to Construct Ice Stream Surface Elevation Profiles and Calculate Contributions to Sea-Level Rise

Sea-level rise is a problem that affects regions worldwide - from the marshlands of the San Francisco Bay Area to the farmlands in coastal Bangladesh. Three-dimensional ice sheet models are the principle tools to evaluate mass loss from ice sheets that contribute to sea-level rise. We recognize that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adachi, Yosuke
Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: eScholarship, University of California 2012
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Online Access:http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/2qs1j7qr
http://n2t.net/ark:/13030/m5251p7h