Energy balance at a cold alpine firn saddle, Seserjoch, Monte Rosa

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1423-1442

  Suter, Stephan ^a   Hoelzle, Martin ^a   Ohmura, Atsumu ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Cold glacier; Energy balance; Melt energy; Monte Rosa; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLACIERS; HEAT FLUX; ICE; RADIATION; SNOW; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; WAVE EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR TEMPERATURES; COLD FIRNS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONTE ROSA; PENNINE ALPS;

EID: 4544379280     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1079     Document Type: Article

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