The hydrology of the proglacial zone of a high-Arctic glacier (Finsterwalderbreen, Svalbard): Atmospheric and surface water fluxes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 150-160

  Hodgkins, Richard ^a   Cooper, Richard ^b   Wadham, Jemma ^c   Tranter, Martyn ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Evaporation; Precipitation; Proglacial; Runoff; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERIC WATER; COMPLETE ANNUAL CYCLES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVAPORATIVE LOSS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GLACIAL RUNOFF; GLACIER RETREAT; HIGH LATITUDES; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; PHYSICAL MODELLING; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION FLUXES; PROGLACIAL; STATISTICAL ESTIMATION; SVALBARD; TIME-SCALES; TOTAL ANNUAL FLOWS; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; WATER FLUX;

CATCHMENTS; EVAPORATION; GLACIERS; RUNOFF; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; VAPORS; WATER;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVAPORATION; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER RETREAT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 70350023118     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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