On the role of subsurface heat conduction in glacier energy-balance modelling

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 50, 2009, Pages 16-24

  Pellicciotti, Francesca ^a   Carenzo, Marco ^a   Helbing, Jakob ^b   Rimkus, Stefan ^a   Burlando, Paolo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; MELT; MODELING; SNOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 64549156921     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409787769555     Document Type: Article

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