Evaluation of the Accumulation Area Ratio (AAR) method based on mass balance data for modern glaciers

Geographical Review of Japan, Series A

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 763-772

  Aoki, Tatsuto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accumulation area ratio; Equilibrium line altitude; Glacial landforms; Mass balance; Orographic snowline

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; MASS BALANCE; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0033372839     PISSN: 00167444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4157/grj1984a.72.11_763     Document Type: Article

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