Estimating equilibrium-line altitude (ELA) from glacier inventory data

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2009, Pages 127-132

  Braithwaite, R J ^a   Raper, S C B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE MODELING; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INVENTORY; MASS BALANCE; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 77249142075     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410790595930     Document Type: Article

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