Articles | Volume 6, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-1299-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-1299-2013
Model description paper
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22 Aug 2013
Model description paper |  | 22 Aug 2013

Capabilities and performance of Elmer/Ice, a new-generation ice sheet model

O. Gagliardini, T. Zwinger, F. Gillet-Chaulet, G. Durand, L. Favier, B. de Fleurian, R. Greve, M. Malinen, C. Martín, P. Råback, J. Ruokolainen, M. Sacchettini, M. Schäfer, H. Seddik, and J. Thies

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