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volume-area scaling: a standalone construct

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Glaciology

a power law relating glacier volume to surface area, used to estimate ice volume where thickness is unmeasured.

In glaciology, volume-area scaling refers to a power law relating glacier volume to surface area, used to estimate ice volume where thickness is unmeasured. This meaning comes from Bahr (1997) in Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.[1]

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References

Bahr, D. B., Meier, M. F., & Peckham, S. D. (1997). The physical basis of glacier volume‐area scaling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 102(B9), 20355-20362. https://doi.org/10.1029/97jb01696

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