Mass-balance estimates for Haut Glacier d' Arolla, Switzerland, from 2000 to 2006 using DEMs and distributed mass-balance modeling

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2008, Pages 22-26

  Dadic, Ruzica ^a   Corripio, Javier G ^a,b   Burlando, Paolo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIATION; MASS BALANCE; MODELING; RUNOFF; SNOW; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAUT GLACIER D'AROLLA; PENNINE ALPS; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 58249093401     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756408787814816     Document Type: Article

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