Snow accumulation rate on Qomolangma (Mount Everest), Himalaya: Synchroneity with sites across the Tibetan Plateau on 50-100 year timescales

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 185, 2008, Pages 343-352

  Kaspari, Susan ^a   Hooke, Roger Le B ^a   Mayewski, Paul Andrew ^a   Kang, Shichang ^b   Hou, Shugui ^b   Qin, Dahe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE CORE; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW ACCUMULATION; SYNCHRONY; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; RONGBUK GLACIER; XIZANG;

EID: 46949108875     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214308784886126     Document Type: Article

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