Modelling observed and future runoff from a glacierized tropical catchment (Cordillera Blanca, Perú)

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 59, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 37-48

  Juen, Irmgard ^a   Kaser, Georg ^a   Georges, Christian ^a  

^a Institute of Geography   (Austria)

Author keywords

glacier melt; runoff model; runoff prediction; tropical hydrology

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; GLACIER; HUMIDITY; MODELING; MOISTURE CONTENT; PREDICTION; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TIME SERIES;

ANCASH; CORDILLERA BLANCA; CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL [PERU]; LLANGANUCO VALLEY; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 35148862663     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.11.038     Document Type: Article

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