Effective sample size for glacier mass balance

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 497-507

  Graham Cogley, J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abramov Glacier; Accuracy; Mass balance; Sample size; Statistical modelling; White Glacier

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; MASS BALANCE; SAMPLING;

CANADA; KYRGYZSTAN;

EID: 0033511763     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0459.00079     Document Type: Article

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