Modeling the response of glacier systems to climate warming in China

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2006, Pages 313-316

  Xie, Zi Chu ^a,c   Wang, Xin ^b,c   Feng, Qing Hua ^a   Kang, Er'si ^c   Liu, Chao Hai ^c   Li, Qiao Yuan ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLOBAL WARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33846060784     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756406781812050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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