Determination of the seasonal mass balance of four Alpine glaciers since 1865

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Huss, M ^a   Bauder, A ^a   Funk, M ^a   Hock, R ^b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VALLEY GLACIER; VOLUME CHANGE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 44449179765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000803     Document Type: Article

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