2 m temperatures along melting mid-latitude glaciers, and implications for the sensitivity of the mass balance to variations in temperature

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 44, Issue 146, 1998, Pages 9-20

  Greuell, Wouter ^a   Böhm, Reinhard ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Zentralanstalt F Meteorol G   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; MELTING; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRIA; PASTERZE;

EID: 0031734884     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000002306     Document Type: Article

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