Glacier fluctuations in the Alps and in the tropical Andes

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 337, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 97-106

  Vincent, Christian ^a   Ribstein, Pierre ^b   Favier, Vincent ^c   Wagnon, Patrick ^a   Francou, Bernard ^a   Le Meur, Emmanuel ^a   Six, Delphine ^a  

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

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Alps; Andes; Glacier; Mass balance; Surface energy balance

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY FLUX; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE MARGIN;

ALPS; ANDES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11944252441     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2004.08.010     Document Type: Article

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