Modelling the water balance in the glacierized Parón Lake basin (White Cordillera, Peru)

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 266-277

  Suarez, Wilson ^a,b   Chevallier, Pierre ^b   Pouyaud, Bernard ^b   Lopez, Paulina ^b  

^a Servicio Nacional de Meteorologa e Hidrologa del Peru   (Peru)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Glacial lake; Peru; Snow melting line; Tropical glacier; Water balance; Water resource

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW; WATER RESOURCES;

GLACIAL LAKE; SNOW MELTING LINE; TROPICAL GLACIER; WATER BALANCE;

GLACIERS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLACIAL LAKE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SNOWMELT; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 40349110865     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.53.1.266     Document Type: Article

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