Comparison of mass balances for Vernagtferner, Oetzal Alps, as obtained from direct measurements and distributed modeling

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 50, 2009, Pages 169-177

  Paul, Frank ^a   Escher Vetter, Heidi ^b   Machguth, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIELD METHOD; GLACIER; MASS BALANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; SNOW;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; OTZTAL ALPS; VERNAGT GLACIER;

EID: 64549126502     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409787769582     Document Type: Article

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