Influence of climate change over the 20th Century on four French glacier mass balances

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 19, 2002, Pages ACL-4-1-ACL-4-12

  Vincent, C ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Ablation; Accumulation; Climate; Glaciers; Mass balance

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ABLATION; ACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36448992642     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000832     Document Type: Article

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