A mass balance model that uses low-altitude meteorological observations and the area-altitude distribution of a glacier

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 753-765

  Tangborn, Wendell ^a  

^a HyMet Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Glacier; Glacier mass balance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MASS BALANCE; METHODOLOGY;

SOUTH CASCADE GLACIER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0033502699     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.1999.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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