Temperature lapse rates and surface energy balance at Storglaciären, northern Sweden

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 318, 2007, Pages 186-194

  Konya, Keiko ^a,b   Hock, Regine ^c,d   Naruse, Renji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Automatic weather stations; Glacier; Modelling; Surface energy balance; Temperature lapse rate

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; GLACIERS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING;

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE LAPSE RATE;

WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ABLATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY BUDGET; GLACIER; METEOROLOGY; SURFACE ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 38549137858     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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