Interactions between mass balance, atmospheric circulation, and recent climate change on the Djankuat Glacier, Caucasus Mountains, Russia

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Shahgedanova, Maria ^a   Stokes, Chris R ^a   Gurney, Stephen D ^a   Popovnin, Viktor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE;

CAUCASUS; DJANKUAT GLACIER; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17944371823     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005213     Document Type: Article

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