Response of glaciers in northwestern North America to future climate change: An atmosphere/glacier hierarchical modeling approach

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2007, Pages 283-290

  Zhang, Jing ^a   Bhatt, Uma S ^a   Tangborn, Wendell V ^b   Lingle, Craig S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b HyMet Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICEBERG; SIMULATION;

ALASKA; BERING GLACIER; CHUGACH MOUNTAINS; COAST RANGES; HUBBARD GLACIER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549156710     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756407782871378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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