The transfer of mass-balance profiles to unmeasured glaciers

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 50, 2009, Pages 185-190

  Kuhn, Michael ^a,b   Abermann, Jakob ^b   Bacher, Michael ^a   Olefs, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; EQUILIBRIUM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIER; MASS BALANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WIND;

EID: 64549121996     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409787769618     Document Type: Article

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