Climate sensitivity of Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand, as revealed by numerical modeling

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 233-239

  Oerlemans, J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE FLOW; MASS BALANCE MODEL;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER;

EID: 0030613678     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552052     Document Type: Article

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