Long-term change, interannual and intra-seasonal variability in climate and glacier mass balance in the central Greater Caucasus, Russia

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2007, Pages 355-361

  Shahgedanova, M ^a   Popovnin, V ^b   Aleynikov, A ^b   Petrakov, D ^b   Stokes, C R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BLACK SEA; CAUCASUS; DJANKUAT GLACIER; EURASIA;

EID: 55349087619     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756407782871323     Document Type: Conference Paper

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