Numerical modelling of historical front variations and the 21st-century evolution of glacier AX010, Nepal Himalaya

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 52, 2009, Pages 27-34

  Adhikari, Surendra ^a,b   Huybrechts, Philippe ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FLOW MODELING; FRONT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE FLOW; LITTLE ICE AGE; MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70350120442     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409789624346     Document Type: Article

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