Energy balance measurements on a Canadian high Arctic glacier and their implications for mass balance modelling

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 256, 1999, Pages 165-172

  Arendt, Anthony ^a   Sharp, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; MASS BALANCE MODELS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ENERGY BUDGET; MASS BALANCE; MODELING;

CANADA;

EID: 0033377933     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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