Climatic control on the peak discharge of glacier outburst floods

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Ng, Felix ^a   Liu, Shiyin ^b   Mavlyudov, Bulat ^c   Wang, Yanguo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^d Akesu Hydrology and Water Resources Reconnaissance Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOOD CONTROL; LAKES;

ICE DAM; SUBGLACIAL OUTBURST FLOOD; THERMO-MECHANICAL MODELLING;

GLACIERS;

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; JOKULHLAUP; MELTWATER; MODELING; OUTBURST; PEAK DISCHARGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 38549137440     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031426     Document Type: Article

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