Alpine glaciers to disappear within decades?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Zemp, Michael ^a   Haeberli, Wilfried ^a   Hoelzle, Martin ^a   Paul, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE; IN SITU PROCESSING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REMOTE SENSING;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; EQUILIBRIUM LINE ALTITUDES; SUMMER AIR TEMPERATURE;

GLACIERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; VALLEY GLACIER; WARMING;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33845603433     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026319     Document Type: Article

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