Glacier mass balance of tropical Zongo glacier, Bolivia, comparing hydrological and glaciological methods

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 59, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 27-36

  Sicart, Jean Emmanuel ^a   Ribstein, Pierre ^b   Francou, Bernard ^c   Pouyaud, Bernard ^c   Condom, Thomas ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Bolivia; glacier mass balance; mountain hydrology; precipitation; tropical glacier

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER; HYDROLOGY; MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW ACCUMULATION;

BOLIVIA; CORDILLERA REAL [BOLIVIA]; LA PAZ [BOLIVIA]; SOUTH AMERICA; ZONGO GLACIER;

EID: 35048846995     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.11.024     Document Type: Article

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