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Dynamics of Ice Sheets and Glaciers, 2009
Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics Series
Authors: Greve Ralf, Blatter Heinz
Language: EnglishSubjects for Dynamics of Ice Sheets and Glaciers:
Keywords
Geophysics; dynamics; flow; glacier; glaciology; ice sheet; ice shelf; fluid- and aerodynamics
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Dynamics of Ice Sheets and Glaciers presents an introduction to the dynamics and thermodynamics of flowing ice masses on Earth. Based on an outline of general continuum mechanics, the different initial-boundary-value problems for the flow of ice sheets, ice shelves, ice caps and glaciers are systematically derived. Special emphasis is put on developing hierarchies of approximations for the different systems, and suitable numerical solution techniques are discussed. A separate chapter is devoted to glacial isostasy. The book is appropriate for graduate courses in glaciology, cryospheric sciences, environmental sciences, geophysics and related fields. Standard undergraduate knowledge of mathematics (calculus, linear algebra) and physics (classical mechanics, thermodynamics) provide a sufficient background for successfully studying the text.
Presents a comprehensive formulation of the fluid dynamical basis of glacier and ice sheet flow and thermodynamics, with focussing on its application to numerical modelling
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