A distributed surface energy-balance model for a small valley glacier. I. Development and testing for Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Valais, Switzerland

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 42, Issue 140, 1996, Pages 77-89

  Arnold, N S ^a   Willis, I C ^a   Sharp, M J ^b   Richards, K S ^a   Lawson, W J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEM; GLACIER MELTING; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MODEL; SNOW DEPTH; SNOW LINE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE ALBEDO; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE; VALLEY GLACIER;

SWITZERLAND, VALAIS, HAUT GLACIER D'AROLLA;

EID: 0029773515     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000030549     Document Type: Article

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