Energy balance and runoff seasonality of a Bolivian glacier

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 22, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 49-58

  Wagnon, Patrick ^a   Ribstein, Pierre ^b   Kaser, Georg ^c   Berton, Philippe ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivian glaciers; Melting; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0033405662     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(99)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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