Deriving glacier mass balance from accumulation area ratio on Storglaciären, Sweden

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 318, 2007, Pages 163-170

  Hock, Regine ^a,b   Kootstra, Dirk Sytze ^c   Reijmer, Carleen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accumulation area ratio; Glacier mass balance; Storglaci ren; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MELTING;

ACCUMULATION AREA RATIO; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; STORGLACIAREN; SWEDEN;

GLACIERS;

ABLATION; ACCUMULATION; GLACIER; MASS BALANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 38549156622     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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