A new index of glacier area change: A tool for glacier monitoring

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 192, 2009, Pages 710-716

  Dyurgerov, Mark ^a,b   Meier, Mark F ^b   Bahr, David B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GEOACCUMULATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; REGRESSION; REMOTE SENSING; SHRINKAGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLUME CHANGE;

EID: 70350137323     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309789471030     Document Type: Article

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