Effect of glaciers on streamflow trends in the Swiss Alps

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Pellicciotti, F ^a   Bauder, A ^a   Parola, M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION PROCESS; AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA AVAILABILITY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIERIZED BASINS; ICE VOLUMES; MANN-KENDALL TEST; MAXIMUM VALUES; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVERS; SNOW DEPTHS; SOLID PRECIPITATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWISS ALPS;

GLACIERS; SNOW; TIME SERIES;

STREAM FLOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GLACIER; MASS BALANCE; MELTING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77955792012     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR009039     Document Type: Article

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