Firn layer impact on glacial runoff: A case study at Hofsjökull, Iceland

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2171-2185

  de Woul, Mattias ^a   Hock, Regine ^a   Braun, Matthias ^b   Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn ^c   Jóhannesson, Tómas ^d   Halldórsdóttir, Stefanía ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

^d ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Firn; Glacier mass balance; Glacier runoff; Hofsj kull; Iceland; Temperature index model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; GLACIERS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

GLACIAL HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RUNOFF; TEMPERATURE INDEX MODEL;

RUNOFF;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; GLACIERS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF;

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 33745808669     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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