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Gcm


Global Climate Model
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LGM


Last Glacial Maximum
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RCM


Regional Climate Model
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smb


Surface Mass Balance
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DEM


Digital Elevation Model
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tidewater glacier


A channel of flowing ice that terminates in the sea.
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Shallow ice approximation model


A simple ice-sheet model that can be embedded in a model of global climate.
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Surface mass balance


Collectively, the processes that lead to the accumulation or ablation of snow on the surface of a glacier or ice sheet (precipitation, wind-transport, melting/refreezing).
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nunatak


An isolated hill or peak which projects through the surface of a glacier and is completely surrounded by ice or snow.
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sea ice


Ice that forms by the freezing of sea water. (Cf. ice shelves and icebergs which also float on the sea and are derived from glacier ice on land).
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