Forecasting temperate alpine glacier survival from accumulation zone observations

Cryosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-75

  Pelto, M S ^a  

^a Nichols College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; FORECASTING METHOD; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; SURVIVORSHIP; TEMPERATE FOREST;

EID: 76449085568     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-4-67-2010     Document Type: Article

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