Energy-balance model validation on the top of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, using eddy covariance data

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2007, Pages 227-233

  Cullen, Nicolas J ^a,b   Mölg, Thomas ^b   Kaser, Georg ^b   Steffen, Konrad ^c   Hardy, Douglas R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MELTING; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SUBLIMATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 47049129983     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756407782871224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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