Very high-elevation Mont Blanc glaciated areas not affected by the 20th century climate change

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Vincent, C ^a   Le Meur, E ^a   Six, D ^a   Funk, M ^b   Hoelzle, M ^c   Preunkert, S ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ICE FIELD; ICE THICKNESS; MASS BALANCE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VALLEY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE-SAVOIE; MONT BLANC; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOY ALPS; WESTERN ALPS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34347372478     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007407     Document Type: Article

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