Articles | Volume 6, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-2135-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-2135-2013
Model evaluation paper
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19 Dec 2013
Model evaluation paper |  | 19 Dec 2013

Accuracy of the zeroth- and second-order shallow-ice approximation – numerical and theoretical results

J. Ahlkrona, N. Kirchner, and P. Lötstedt

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