Assessing the transferability and robustness of an enhanced temperature-index glacier-melt model

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 190, 2009, Pages 258-274

  Carenzo, Marco ^a   Pellicciotti, Francesca ^a   Rimkus, Stefan ^a   Burlando, Paolo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENERGY BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MELT; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

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

EID: 67650921763     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309788608804     Document Type: Article

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