Plummer-Phillips glacier model

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Description

Numerical modeling approach combining energy-mass balance calculations with ice-flow modeling to reconstruct past glacier extents and determine paleoclimate conditions. Uses digital elevation models and climate parameters to simulate glacier behavior.

Typical Equipment

• digital elevation model
• PRISM climate data

Output Measurements

• ice thickness distributions
• paleoclimate parameters
• glacier extents

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