Downscaled GCM projections of winter and summer mass balance for Peyto Glacier, Alberta, Canada (2000-2100) from ensemble simulations with ECHAM5-MPIOM

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1550-1559

  Matulla, Christoph ^a   Watson, Emma ^a   Wagner, Sebastian ^b   Schöner, Wolfgang ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climate change scenarios; Downscaling; Ensemble projections; Glacier mass balance; Peyto

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE PROJECTIONS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; PEYTO;

GLACIERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GLACIER; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; SUMMER; WINTER;

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

EID: 70349221007     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1796     Document Type: Article

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