Thermal boundary conditions on western Greenland: Observational constraints and impacts on the modeled thermomechanical state

The surface and basal boundary conditions exert an important control on the thermodynamic state of the Greenland Ice Sheet, but their representation in numerical ice sheet models is poorly constrained due to the lack of observations. Here we investigate a land‐terminating sector of western Greenland...

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Published in:	Journal of geophysical research. Earth surface Vol. 120; no. 3; pp. 623 - 636
Main Authors:	Meierbachtol, Toby W., Harper, Joel T., Johnson, Jesse V., Humphrey, Neil F., Brinkerhoff, Douglas J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2015
Subjects:	Ablation Boreholes Boundary conditions Firn Fluctuations glaciology Heat flux Heat transfer Ice Ice sheets In situ measurement Mathematical models modeling Simulation Surface temperature Temperature Thermodynamics PN, Greenland, Greenland Ice Sheet AN, Greenland
ISSN:	2169-9003, 2169-9011
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