Reconstructions of annual discharge and equilibrium line altitude of glaciers at Qilian Shan, northwest China, from 1978 to 2002

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2798-2806

  Sakai, Akiko ^a   Fujita, Koji ^a   Narama, Chiyuki ^b   Kubota, Jumpei ^b   Nakawo, Masayoshi ^c   Yao, Tandong ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^c National Institute of Humanities   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Discharge; ELA; Heat balance; Mass balance

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION METHODS; DAILY TEMPERATURES; DISCHARGE; ELA; EQUILIBRIUM LINE ALTITUDES; HEAT BALANCE; MASS BALANCE; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; NEGATIVE VALUES; NORTHWEST CHINA; OBSERVED DATA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QILIAN SHAN; TEMPORAL TRENDS; WESTERN SIDE;

FORESTRY; SPECIFIC HEAT;

GLACIERS;

ALTITUDE; DISCHARGE; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER; HEAT BALANCE; MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77956475582     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7700     Document Type: Article

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