Derivation of melt factors from glacier mass-balance records in western Canada

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 189, 2009, Pages 123-130

  Shea, Joseph M ^a   Moore, R Dan ^a   Stahl, Kerstin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE; MELT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW; SNOWMELT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA; NORTH AMERICA; PEYTO GLACIER; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 67651176169     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309788608886     Document Type: Article

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