Secular trend of the equilibrium-line altitude on the western side of the southern Andes, derived from radiosonde and surface observations

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 186, 2008, Pages 538-550

  Carrasco, Jorge F ^a,b   Osorio, Roberto ^a   Casassa, Gino ^b  

^a Direccion Meteorologica de Chile   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; ISOTHERM; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOSONDE;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 49649106990     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214308785837002     Document Type: Article

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