A numerical study on cyclic behaviour of polar ice sheets

J. Oerlemans

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v35i2.11421

A numerical study on cyclic behaviour of polar ice sheets

Tellus

Volume 35 (1983): Issue 2

By: J. Oerlemans

Open Access

|Jan 1983

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