Investigating the sensitivity of glacier mass-balance/elevation profiles to changing meteorological conditions: Model experiments for Haut Glacier D'Arolla, Valais, Switzerland

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-145

  Arnold, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; GLACIER DYNAMICS;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAUT GLACIER D'AROLLA; PENNINE ALPS; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS; WORLD;

EID: 19944370093     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0139:ITSOGE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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